Let’s talk about The Curious Case of the Pygmy Nuthatch. It’s a wild ride so you might want to go read it before continuing because spoilers. You see, there’s a scene in that movie that tormented me, that kept me up at night, and that lately has had me interrogating a wide variety of seemingly … Continue reading “Trade-offs and bugs”

One of the Editors emerges from around a dark corner. They observe the stalled engine. They pull the starter cord…. once, twice, thrice, but nothing. The engine sits there, listless. The Editor sighs heavily, then sets their shoulders.  They pull the starter cord… once, twice, thrice, and nothing again. The Editor gives the engine a baleful … Continue reading “Reboot: to boot it again.”

When I was a kid, we still had desks in elementary school that you could store your stuff in. That’s where your textbook, pencils, erasers, and notebooks went unless you were using them. That’s also where, if you were a kid like me, everything else went — worksheets, notes to your parents, peanut shells, you … Continue reading “Dumping desks”