We watched Hasan Minhaj’s new Netflix special, THE KING’S JESTER, this weekend; spoilers follow. It makes for an interesting contrast with HOMECOMING KING. The overall structure is similar, an arc punctuated by digressions, and Minhaj is still very deft at circling the digressions back to the main arc in unexpected ways, usually embroidered with some… Continue reading King? Or jester?
Author: Matt
The Marriage at Cana (?)
[U is 11.] U: *squints at my sweet Locked Tomb enamel pin* U: what does “one fish, one end” mean? Currently reading: THE INHERITANCE OF ORQUÍDEA DIVINA, Zoraida Córdova
“We all try to give gifts to the future,”
said Carol. “It doesn’t mean they’ll use them the way we envision, or even in ways we’d approve of. You have to give gifts lightly — that’s one of my values. I’m going to tell you something.” “You’ve been telling us things already,” said Phosphorus, I thought a bit sharply. “Something new. We haven’t talked… Continue reading “We all try to give gifts to the future,”
The coffee’s old. Tastes like tin.
I hoovered up Tom King and Greg Smallwood’s HUMAN TARGET in an afternoon. I’ve been a fan of everything King’s written since I read THE VISION last year… but I wasn’t really aware of Smallwood at all, and the art in HUMAN TARGET just floored me on every page. Stephanie Hans’ work in DIE is… Continue reading The coffee’s old. Tastes like tin.
“a warm, funny and quirky renaissance man in an office whose walls he kept perfectly bare”
“Legendary” cognitive scientist Daniel Osherson, “scientist of rare talent” and “excellent and caring mentor,” dies at 73 Written, through a series of coincidences, by my friend Liz Fuller-Wright. I am the least impressive person quoted (Noam Chomsky’s in there), but I’m glad I got to say my bit.
We’re talking low prices.
Curated by a friend, some of the highlights of the #NonaTheNinthSpoilers hashtag and adjacent territories. (Warning: spoilers for NONA THE NINTH (look, it never hurts to be clear)). I’m not as funny or artistic as any of these people, so I’m mulling over the idea that the Locked Tomb is what happens when you decide… Continue reading We’re talking low prices.
You told me, Sleep. I’ll wake you in the morning.
I know you’re supposed to put hiatus messages before the hiatus rather than after; this way makes you look unprofessional, not very put together at all. So, you know, fair play to me for transparency. Anyway, NONA THE NINTH has destroyed my sleep schedule for the last week. I finished it Friday while literally falling… Continue reading You told me, Sleep. I’ll wake you in the morning.
Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18
I added the raw word count deficit (i.e., total minus target) because that feels like potentially a motivating data point; rate to finish is cool, but this early in the project, it won’t move much unless I get ahead or behind by an enormous amount. Whereas moving the deficit below zero (i.e., getting ahead) is… Continue reading Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18
Why streaming doesn’t pay
I know Cory Doctorow has loomed large over this blog in its resurrected form, but anyone distributing art and music through platforms like Amazon and Spotify should at least think hard about the analyses of those platforms he and Rebecca Giblin present in CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM. I’m not an Audible member and don’t want to sign… Continue reading Why streaming doesn’t pay
What are neurophysiologists doing?
I had something else lined up for today, but it’s humbling and fun to be cited (“cited”) 12 years later for a 2010 comment on a methodological issue in cognitive neuroscience that’s apparently still polarizing researchers today. (Marc is a former labmate, of course; no one ever said #networking wasn’t a thing in science, or… Continue reading What are neurophysiologists doing?