All Of The Old Posts
October 31, 2026
Don’t Forget to Celebrate the Endings
We’re urged to push through and show persistence — from minor scrapes to long-term commitments — but how do we know when persistence is no longer enough?
September 30, 2026
Justice v. Restoration
When the response to injustice takes years to come to light — and when justice is delayed — what can we actually expect in the way of restoration? How do you undo the past?
August 31, 2026
Reaching Into the Blind Bag
On how embracing the risk and reward of music discovery helps prepare us for the world beyond our own personal taste.
July 31, 2026
You’ll Never Walk Alone
I’ve become a Liverpool time for the second time, which has mostly been a lesson in wondering if it’s okay that I’ve become a Liverpool fan again.
June 30, 2026
Adaptation vs. Substitution
Every rule change — in our games, and in our lives — has direct consequences for everyone at the table. There’s a right way to handle change, in which we take into account the lives of the most vulnerable, and there’s a WRONG way to handle change.
May 31, 2026
Finally
There is no “finally” in big tech, at least not in the way they’d have us believe. No one is waiting for a calendar solution in the same way they’re waiting for real change and safety.
April 30, 2026
Letting the Space Live
We’ve been trained to treat silence as waste — by algorithms, by productivity tools, by influencers who cut every pause from their videos. But the space between things isn’t dead air; it’s what makes everything around it land.
March 31, 2026
Creating for an Audience of One
A three-day-long playlist, built by hand, as a creative outlet for an audience of one. I was here. I made this. This is what I think.
February 28, 2026
I Learned the Word “Palimpsest” This Week
When a song survives but the memory of finding it doesn’t — and the strange, ghostly feeling that leaves behind.
January 26, 2026
We Used to Sleep on the Beach
In post-rock, there’s a build and there’s a break. We’re watching the slow crawl toward the break in real time, as ICE — and our government — is murdering innocent observers in Minneapolis.