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Writing a More Perfect Sentence
I taught an AI to reverse-engineer what makes a sentence great, then used the diagnosis to fix my own writing: more analogy, fewer rhetorical questions, one thing I already do well.
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I live in Austin. I typically post photos and personal & work-related updates, especially travel. I offer my opinions on Internet trends and media, talk about TV and movies I watch, share books I read or want to read, rant on right-wing politics, and advocate for inclusion and diversity in all facets of life. I also use this blog as a place to log various activities and media that I enjoy.
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Writing
Personal
Effort-Driven Quality?
In my previous life, I was an architecture student. Well, actually, in the late nineties. Or, as the kids these
Tech
How to become indispensable in the age of AI
Food
Trying Out Fine Dining Spots
Blogging
Writing like ChatGPT
I don't write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT, in its strange, disembodied, globally-sourced way, writes like me. Or, more
Blogging
Hopeless, Are Ya?
Blogging
Democracy as Top Dressing
Books
Blood Test: A Comedy ★★☆☆☆
A disappointing read. It starts with an interesting almost-scifi premise but eventually peters out to be a disappointing read.
The Names ★★★★★
Wonderfully written. Although it's more about choices, the names Cora choses for each of the three parallel lives,
How Fiction Works ★★★☆☆
It was a little too academic for casual reading. Also, it focused on the works of classic literature most of
Hell of a Book ★★★★☆
Hell of a Book is doing at least two things at once, and it knows it. That's the
Movies
Supergirl, 2026 ★★★½
Milly Alcock going all John Wick on the Brigands was fun. It felt a bit all over the place, though-
The Brutalist, 2024 ★★★★☆
Details
* Release Date: December 20, 2024
* Genre: Drama
* Original Language: English
* Budget: $9,600,000
* Top 5 Billed Cast: Adrien
Mayday, 2026 ★★★☆☆
Entertaining, as long as you don't try to overthink it.
Details
* Release Date: September 3, 2026
* Genre: Action,
Nope, 2022 ★★★★☆
Another horror banger from Jordan Peele. Exquisitely shot, proving that getting blockbuster money still gets you brilliance.
Details
* Release Date:
TV
Furious (2026) Season One ★★★★★
Gripping, intense, and keeps building up to a great finish. At times, you will be infuriated.
Details
* Season Finale Air
Silo (2026) Season Three ★★★★★
I loved this season. Great pacing after the first couple of episodes. I also liked how they interwove two timelines
Trying (2026) Season Five ★★★★☆
It was missing a tad bit of drama this season. The problems and hiccups didn't seem as threatening.
The Beast in Me (2025) Season One ★★★★★
Gripping and tense right up to the closing minutes. Matthew Rhys does a phenomenal job, and Claire Danes does what