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In my previous life, I was an architecture student. Well, actually, in the late nineties. Or, as the kids these
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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
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
Blogging
Ninety Minutes at a Time: My 2026 World Cup
I asked Claude to pull my published Ghost posts via the Admin API, extract all 230 `#WorldCup` toots from the six weekly digests spanning June 11–July 19, and rewrite them as a chronological first-person narrative, checking match dates/rounds against the actual World Cup schedule for accuracy.
Books
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
Six Days in Bombay ★★★☆☆
Meh! Six Days in Bombay had everything going for it on paper: late-1930s Bombay, a half-Indian half-English
Movies
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:
A Separation, 2011 ★★★★★
I expected Kramer v. Kramer or Marriage Story, and it was, but it was much more layered than that. It&
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