This past weekend I saw the Paul McCartney photography exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and an evening of Indian comedy at Lincoln Center, but all I can think about is a guy singing off key at Strawberry Fields.

How Cool is Scientology?

I wrote an essay about Scientology after visiting New York City while attending Hofstra University. It was probably my freshman or sophomore year, so circa 2005. I wrote it just to write it, never … Read more

Sleep Writing

I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a nod to Benjamin Franklin I didn't come up with. I was very proud of this work at the time. It's all … Read more

I do not say this lightly: the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity paves the way for a conservative dictatorship. This was deliberate. Do not pre-agree to fascism.

Citizens should not obey in advance. Much of fascism is a bluff — look at our loyal cult, listen to our outrageous language, heed our threats of violence, we are inevitable!

The crucial thing is the individual decision to act, along with others, for four months, a little something each day, regardless of the atmospherics and the polls and the media and the moods.

Resist. 🇺🇸

Three zines, Bite Size Command Line, How Git Works, and HTTP: Learn Your Browser's Language, all by Julia Evans, are splayed out on a dark wood table.

Just got my zines from Julia Evans. Very excited to dig in.

For years, my parents had a note on the fridge on paper from the law offices of “Grote, Seltzer, and Perkle.” Those are real people’s names, but in combination, they produce visions of tub scum.

Started reading (again): Be Here Now by Ram Dass 📚

Curried salmon for dunch.

A bowel of white rice with a half cut of curried salmon on top. There’s some pickled red onions scattered around, along with a ribbed snake of mayo.

Media Diet: May–June 2024

I went another two months without writing a media diet! These posts are way too important to ignore for that long, so let’s get into the crap I took in. But before that, look at this 👇 Table of … Read more

I’ve been watching The Tour De France with my roommates in the morning. No other update, just wanted to let people know I’m exorcise adjacent. 🚴🏻‍♂️

What if, there’s more you can learn and ways you can grow, and there’s nothing wrong with you.

You are not creative and then create something, you become creative by working on something, creativity is a byproduct of work.

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I feel like my previous post didn’t properly capture the grandeur of my Lock Screen.

A purple tinted rocky beach iOS Lock Screen.

I gave a short presentation on CSS Subgrid last night at the Astoria Tech Meetup. Lots of good conversations afterwards. Thanks to everyone who came out!

Grass Ass

I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a nod to Benjamin Franklin I didn't come up with. I was very proud of this work at the time. It's all … Read more

Don’t you love it when The Onion’s headlines are perennially appropriate?

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’. 🇺🇸

There’s always dudes air boxing at my local auto body shop.

NYC Pride Photos 2024

I watched the New York City pride parade yesterday, and got a few nice shots of celebration and joy. A great day. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈🌈🌈 Read more

I’m using a new photo for phone wallpaper. I took this photo, and I like the filter Apple suggested a lot. I have no memory of which beach this was, or why I was there.

An iphone lock screen with a purple and organze tinted background wallpaper of a rocky beach.

TIL MLP. Instead of MVP, the Minimum Viable Product, it’s the Minimum Lovable Product. I like that.

I’ve beaten higher in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (around 10% complete). I forgot to mention that the ROM I’m playing is the Japanese version, which means I have to look up what items do by their icon. On the plus side, it does help me ignore the story. 🕹️

Butthole Sun by Fartgarden. Is that anything? 🎵

As I was walking home, a giant rat ran under my foot. I fully stepped on a rat, I heard it squeak, and it vanished into an ally all before I realized there was rodents about. Me and my roommate laughed in disbelief for the rest of the walk.

Conan O’Brien Must Go is so good.

I bought my first ever pair of chucks. I’m digging them a lot. 👟

A shot of my legs in jeans and blue converse on my feet.