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A Huge Thank You To All of My Supporters and a Brief Reflection on Our Spinning World

The Mind of a Four-Year-Old

The Great Gatsby (2013): A Bombastic, Memorable Misfire

What’s Normal Isn’t Sustainable

What Do Toddlers Dream Of?

The Slow and Sure Monetization of Everything

Understanding the TikTok Generation

The Prevailing Lessons of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

‘Postcard from Earth’ Is a Cinematic Miracle and Implicit Guilt Trip

The Christmas Movie That Scared Me Most as a Child

The Forgotten Lives of Forgotten Phones

Musk’s Latest Innovation: Space Raptors are the Future, Trust Me!”

Artificial Intelligence, Humanity and This Frozen Moment

Psychedelics and the Rediscovery of Awe

Trump Grows Literal Devil Horns, Christians Unbothered

Climate Change and the Power of Human Ingenuity

A Hard Time to Quit Marijuana

The Three-Trillion Dollar Industry That No One Understands

‘Interstellar’ Is a Spellbinding and Philosophical Odyssey

Support an Aspiring Writer This Holiday Season

The Religious Disconnect

A Zoom Call With Zealots

‘Mario Galaxy,’ ‘Astro Bot,’ and Finding Joy and Whimsy in Uncertain Times

The Artist and the Art

Make the Universe Great Again

The Gen Z Report Podcast Episode 1: Hunter Biden's Pardon and Where We Stand as a Nation

Marijuana and Me

Biden Is a Hypocrite. Here’s Why it Doesn’t Matter.

Swiss Army Man and the Beauty in Unexpected Places

Lost in an Ever-Creeping Future

The Movie of a Generation

Boo’s Final Walk

The Case for Collapse (Audio)

Religion and Me

My Friend the Born-Again Christian

‘Thanksgiving’ Is the Lovably Simplistic Birth of a Slasher Franchise

To Be a Young Penguin in Love

Hey Nerds, Where’s My Hoverboard?

When Coins Can’t Buy Happiness

Soul: The Kids Movie Made For Adults

Kava, Condoms, and My Friend The Septuagenarian

Artificial Intelligence, Pornography, and a Brave New World

Christianity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

How Apple Taught Me To Love Photography

Are Dreams a Different World?

My Friend the Anti-Vaxxer

‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Was a Shining Philosophical Endeavor for Nintendo

Gratitude in the Shadow of Tyranny

That Time I Accidentally Played Poker With The Lakers

Women Are Boycotting Sex Over Trump’s Election Victory

Lyrics Are Getting Harder to Hear and That May Be for the Best

Is the Future a Thing of the Past?

Don’t Look Up Is a Divisive Ode to Humanity

“Take On Me” and How Tones Change as Lyrics Age

Trump Picks Led Zeppelin to Lead the EPA

‘House of the Dragon’ Is Heating Up

“Crank Dat Soulja Boy” Raises Profound Philosophical Quandaries

When We Hear Music

The Case for Optimism in Trump's America (Audio)

‘Inside Out 2’ Is a Worthy Sequel With Something Missing

The Case for Collapse

A Familiar Face in a Strange Place

The Case For Optimism in Trump’s America

‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Was a Shining Philosophical Endeavor for Nintendo

November 6th, 2024

Schindler’s List Is a Timeless Cinematic Masterpiece in a Changing World

How The “Ex Machina Moment” Has Altered the Psychology of American Politics

Yes, the Trump Hitler Analogy Is Appropriate

To Vote For the Future Where Votes Still Matter (Audio)

Why I Think That Kamala Harris Will Win the 2024 Election (Audio)

The Stark Reality That Hovers Over the 2024 Election (Audio)

The Stark Reality That Hovers Over the 2024 Election

The Reasons to Feel Large

Our Love of Horror Movies and the Masochistic Search for Fear

Five Nights at Freddy’s Is Innovative, Nostalgic, and Divisive

‘Midnight Mass’ Is an Engaging, Chilling, Atmospheric Study of Religion

Why I Think That Kamala Harris Will Win the 2024 Election

Escaping Andie

Candyman (2021) Is a Needed Follow-Up to the 1992 Horror Film

‘Nope’ Is Jordan Peele’s Most Ambitious Project Yet

‘It’s What’s Inside’ Is Fun, Confusing, and Psychological

‘South Park: The End of Obesity’ Reinvigorates a Familiar Formula

‘Us’ Is a Masterful Horror and Racial Allegory

Has ‘Her’ Arrived?

Artificial Intelligence and the Linguistic Infinity

To Vote While Votes Still Matter

I’m 28 Years Old and the Fate of My Country Has Been on the Ballot Each Time I’ve Voted For President (Audio)

Is the Oxford Comma Too Posh for Luddites?

The Art of the Em Dash and the Gradation of Sentence Breaks

‘Get Out’ Stands as One of the Most Important Horror Movies Ever Made

That Time I Inadvertently Sent a Homeless Man to Hell

Ex Machina and the Disconcerting Way That Sci-Fi Movies Age

I’m 28 Years Old and the Fate of My Country Has Been on the Ballot Each Time I’ve Voted For President

'Civil War' Is a Divisive Ode to a Divided Country

‘It: Chapter Two’ — The ‘Grownups’ of Horror Movies

‘It’: The ‘Stand by Me’ of Horror Movies

Game of Thrones and the Enduring Sting of Anti-Climax

The ‘Halloween Trilogy’: Because 10 Halloween Movies Wasn’t Enough

The Majesty of a Total Solar Eclipse

‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ — A Cinematic Offbreed Fit to Its Name

Why the ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Soars Above the Original

2020: The Year That History Became Real (Audio)

The Intrinsic Terror of ‘Pet Sematary’ (1989)

‘Doctor Sleep’: The Flawed and Forgotten Sequel to ‘The Shining’

Why ‘The Shining’ Still Endures

2020: The Year That History Became Real

‘3 Body Problem’ May Be One of the Most Important TV Shows of the Decade

Hannibal (2013) Is a Macabre and Underappreciated Stroke of Brilliance

The Bacalar Booze Blues

The Film That Scared Me Most as an Adult: Hereditary

3 Iconic Horror Films That Haven’t Aged Well

Donald Trump: The Idea and the Man (Audio)

The Future Is a Thing of the Past

Is The Last Airbender (2010) Really That Bad?

Is the Trump Hitler Analogy Appropriate? (Audio)

What I Learned From My First Solo International Trip

How “Harry Potter” Became the Gold Standard of Film Series Adaptations

Hasn't It All Been Said? (Audio)

The Permanence in the Imaginary

The Unmoored Whimsy of the Sleeping Mind

Is Donald Trump the Leader We Deserve?

A New Orleanian Mishap

You Need to Know the Language to Use ChatGPT

The Right Side of a Wrong War

Is Donald Trump the Leader We Deserve?

What Is the Uncanny Valley and Why Does it Matter?

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)— A Live Action With the Weight of the World on Its Shoulders

What It’s Like to Use an Apple Vision Pro

The Lasting Legacy of Avatar: The Last Airbender

The Unexpected Renaissance of Hannibal Lecter

Snorkeling and Struggling

Why AI Writing Is Bland

Leadership Is About More than Sowing the Seeds of Fear and Division

The Great Gatsby (2013): A Bombastic, Memorable Misfire

What I Learned From Being an Only Child

The Arbitrary Acceptance of Alcohol

Not All Self-Help Is Created Equal

The iPhone and the Illusion of Incremental Progress

The Difficulty of Setting Stories in the Modern Age

Two Towers and Twenty-Three Years

The Debate Lends Credence to President Biden’s Decision to Drop Out

The Debate and Our Gaping Disparity of Attention

The Apple Vision Pro Arrived on Store Shelves With Seismic Implications. Have We Forgotten Already?

Poor Things And Hollywood’s Strange Fling

Writer’s Block and Idea Inundation

Scary Ferries, Questionable Coca-Colas, and the Trying Hunt for the Pineapple Home

How Will Apple Change the World Next?

Fargo Season 5 Is Masterful, Magical, and Close-to-Home for Americans

Why I Write

Faith: The Bane of American Politics

When Bullies Become Friends

Hasn’t It All Been Said?

The Strange Mundanity of Flight

Why My High School Teacher Banned Linking Verbs

The Great American Circus

Why We Never Truly Die Anymore

The Banned Words List

The Forgotten Lives of Forgotten Phones

Why Am I Still Identifying Traffic Lights and Bicycles in the Era of AI?

The Surprising Efficacy of the “He’s Weird” Argument

The Great Momentum Shift

That Time I Accidentally Played Poker With The Lakers

Is the Trump Hitler Analogy Appropriate?

Growing Up with ‘South Park’

The Prevailing Lessons of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

The Christmas Movie That Scared Me Most as a Child

Tame Impala’s “Lost in Yesterday”: The Pangs of a Bittersweet Nostalgia

MrBeast: Philanthropist or Secret Sadist?

Why I Include “Friend Links” at the Top of My Medium Articles

The Great Stink Bug Escapade of the Shenandoah Valley

I’m a “Fest Baby”

‘Godzilla Minus One’: A Godzilla Movie For Giant Lizard Cynics

“On The Nature Of Daylight”: My Favorite Song Without Words

“When You Love” by Sinéad O’Connor: Simple, Forgotten, Yet Poignant

‘Honey, I Turned Myself Into a Ladybug’: The Masterpiece Sequel That Never Needed to Be

The Song That Got Me Into Music

‘Rugrats’: Imagination, Nostalgia, and Innovation

The Reason I Named My Dog Butters

Boost Your LinkedIn Profile With These 6 Mild Cancers

‘Loki’ Season 2: Muddled, Multiversal, and Still Awesome

Boo’s Final Walk

People… ‘The Marvels’ Was Actually Good

I Wrote a Million Words Before Learning How to Type

The Two Three-Word Phrases That Will Change Your Writing for the Better

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’: A Childhood Icon Revisited

The Slow-Rolling Dread of ‘Midsommar’

What Makes a Slang Word Useful?

The Right Side of a Wrong War

Is Language an Economy or a Tapestry?

The Visceral Simplicity of ‘Gravity’

3 Iconic Horror Movies That Haven’t Aged Well

The Film That Scared Me Most as an Adult: Hereditary

The ‘Halloween Trilogy’: Because 10 Halloween Movies Weren’t Enough

‘It: Chapter Two’ — The ‘Grownups’ of Horror Movies

‘It’: The ‘Stand by Me’ of Horror Movies

‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ — A Cinematic Offbreed Fit to Its Name

Jungle Taxis, Roosters, and the Attack of the Insatiable Ants

Echoes of the Overlook: Why ‘The Shining’ Still Endures

Why the ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Soars Above the Original

The Intrinsic Terror of ‘Pet Sematary’ (1989)

In the Shadow of Conflict

The 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Finale Delivers a Familiar Blow

‘Doctor Sleep’: The Flawed and Forgotten Sequel to ‘The Shining’

Michael Gambon’s Most Unforgettable Role

The Adam Sandler Support Group

How “Harry Potter” Became the Gold Standard of Film Series Adaptations

Friending and Remembering

That Time We Locked Ourselves Out of a Convertible

From Titanic Tragedy to Timeless Treasure

Apple’s Quest to Immortalize Memories

The Implications of Incremental Progress

When the Towers Fell

Battlefields, Baristas, and Korean Ballads

Two Towers and Twenty Three Years

That Time I Nearly Became a Grand Canyon Legend

The Cult in the Park

Tangled Up in Green

The Beauty in the Mundane

The Super-Duper-Ultra-Rare Sort of Almost Pinkish Moon Disappoints Civilians Again

Oh, the Places You’ll Play

Navigating Medium in 2024: A Friendly Guide for New Writers and the Tech-Weary

What It’s Like to Live Inside a “Smart Room”

Let’s Talk About Pornography

From Pixels to Pop Culture

High Hopes on Venice Beach

How a Four-Year-Old Saved My Family's Life

Witnessing History: The Power of “Oppenheimer” in 70MM

The Surprising Efficacy of the “He’s Weird” Argument

Nostalgia, Hoarding, and the Ever-Expanding World of Things

This Shared Moment in Time

“Barbie”: The Politics of a Plastic World

My First Real Camera is a Drone

“Asteroid City”: Wes Anderson at his Wessiest

“Tenet”: Time-Bending Masterpiece or Misfire?

“Oppenheimer”: Christopher Nolan’s Most Momentous Film to Date

The Fast-Moving World of American Politics

Connection, Loss and Love Without Words

Artificial Intelligence: The Ultimate Travel Companion

The Evolution of Black Mirror: Embracing a Strange Present and Exploring a Familiar Past

The Nap Time Compromise

What ChatGPT-4 Doesn’t Know About Itself

Snapchat Discover: A Case Study in Digital Misinformation

The Deeper Reason to Own an iPhone 15 Pro

The Believable Dystopia of Black Mirror Season 5

DMT and the Reassimilation of Everything

Biden’s Removal From the Race Reinvigorates the Democratic Party

The Media and the Missing Submersible

Missing Malaysia Flight 370 Found, Passengers Fine But Shaken; “What Do You Mean We Don’t Get to…

ChatGPT and Googling the Un-Googlable

What’s Normal Isn’t Sustainable

The Slow and Sure Monetization of Everything

Understanding the TikTok Generation

Christianity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Forgotten Lives of Forgotten Phones

Musk’s Latest Innovation: "Space Raptors are the Future, Trust Me!"

Artificial Intelligence, Humanity and This Frozen Moment

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: A Marvel Movie Done Right

Psychedelics and the Rediscovery of Awe

Climate Change and the Human Bandwidth for Suffering

“Oppenheimer”: The Atomic Bomb’s Journey to Hollywood

Trump Grows Literal Devil Horns, Christians Unbothered

A Hard Time to Quit Marijuana

The Comically Unregulated World of Cannabis Derivatives

A Wrong Time to Object

The Writing Revelation

The Nintendo Strategy

Cryptocurrency: The Trillion Dollar Industry That No One Understands

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review

The Most Unexpected Benefit of the Apple Watch

The Floodgates of Artificial Intelligence

The Religious Disconnect

A Zoom Call With Zealots

The Artist and the Art

Marijuana and Me

Lost in an Ever-Creeping Future

ChatGPT-4 and Our Relentlessly Spinning World

How South Park Used ChatGPT to Help Write an Episode

Religion and Me

How to Lucid Dream

My Friend the Born-Again Christian

Quantumania: Another Win for Self-Awareness

Soul: The Kids Movie Made For Adults

Kava, Condoms, and My Friend The Septuagenarian

Artificial Intelligence, Pornography and a Brave New World

Blues in Happy Town

How Apple Taught Me To Love Photography

Are Dreams a Different World?

My Friend the Anti-Vaxxer

In Defense of Anti-Vaxxers

Abraham Lincoln Caught With Classified Documents From Time in Office

That Time I Jumped From a Moving Train

The Trans Debate

Do Dreams Have Meaning?

The Dangers of Religion

How “House of the Dragon” Resurrected a Franchise