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.

December 30, 2025

35 Minutes In

I’ve been watching 90s commercial compilations on YouTube, and it often feels like rock bottom … until I remember that nostalgia is not escape — it’s a place to rest so we can keep fighting the good fight.

November 30, 2025

Playlisting as Craft

After years of watching my family MAKE things with their hobbies, I am planting a flag for the idea that playlist creation is also a craft, actually.

October 31, 2025

On the Zipper Merge and Complying in Advance

Construction has forced our fair city into learning — and, in most cases, actively resisting — how to zipper merge. Turns out it’s not just a problem with traffic.