Essays
Long-form — arguments, attention, the rooms we read in.
The future past problem
Time travel is one of the most used tropes in media, and it's always killing the plot. I personally can't stand it — the premise is faulty from the start, and you can't build a good universe or — continue reading →
A New Position for the Eye
I watched a lot of movies. Especially horror movies. I believe several essays from the blog show my fascination with horror. And over the years this fascination evolved from general all-things-go horror to more specific areas. While in — continue reading →
Alive
I truly dislike the question "what is the meaning of life." Not because I don't see its importance, but because of the word buried in it that nobody checks. Life. What do we consider alive? How do we — continue reading →
A flood is just water
Sometimes it rains for days. You go outside and everything's a puddle, the sewers can't take it and push the water back up into the street. Annoying, nothing worse than that. Other times it rains hard enough that — continue reading →
The absurdity at the dinner table
The most honest ethical position I hold gets tested three times a day. Or at least it used to be tested; for me, the meals now represent not only a way to get the nutrients in and satisfy — continue reading →
Horrors beyond comprehension
The idea of horrors beyond human comprehension bothers me. You've heard of Lovecraft. But who described it first? Firstly, it made perfect sense that the Mesopotamians were the first ones, with the Epic of Gilgamesh. The monsters described — continue reading →