Personal essays

Gripes and grandiloquence that may not interest people who don't know me and don't care to.

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The Nuggets are in their first NBA finals. The Celtics could be their opponent, but face formidable odds

A 3-2 deficit in best-of-seven-series doesn't look that bad, unless it started as a 3-0 deficit

May 27 •

A non-thematic release characterized throughout by rudeness and reasonably smooth scene transitions

"I just wish people would realize that it's literally the government vs. the people"

May 25 •

Confession time!

We'll* see if unloading some stuff I've been holding inside provides a more lasting catharsis this time

May 22 •

The rise of the relentlessly curt "critic" of persistently terse "grifters"

A common theme among the "we, we, we" crowd: a misplaced, unexamined, and crippling trust in government

May 20 •

Regular, goal-oriented runners may be less susceptible to "mass formation" than fake, former, or sporadic runners

At least when it comes to covid

May 17 •

Where do figures about a shortage of women in ultrarunning come from and, if they're accurate, what do they imply?

Also, if gender itself is arbitrary, fretting over M/F disparities is incoherent

May 13 •

Another blurt about numerical oddities in selected professional sports

Trigger warning: This will bore most of you comatose

May 11 •

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