Imagine for a moment that marijuana will soon be completely legalized across the Anglosphere. Or, if not totally legalized, or at its consumption relatively deregulated. In 2018, with numerous medical marijuana bills and laws existing on the state level in the USA, and similar or even more sweeping laws in Canada, and the British Lib […]
Musings
Jennifer Lopez, actually, really can act. Lila & Eve (2015)
I was watching Netflix with my wife, she turned to a film that seemed like an interesting contemporary Urban Film Noir type about revenge and grief. It co-starred Jennifer Lopez. Here is my take. I’m not trying to be snarky here, Jennifer Lopez typically hasn’t been known for her acting skills, although by now she […]
Hanif Kureishi’s effective admission of being a failed teacher
(Photo linked from the guardian) The Guardian ran a recent piece on Britain based novelist, and Kingston University writing professor, Hanif Kureishi‘s claim that creative writing courses are a waste of time, and that most of his students are able to write sentences but incapable of telling an actual story. Hence, of course, taking a […]
Mice, fricking Mice. Rats.
Mickey mouse was a goddamn rat, and rats are now my enemy. Mice, rats, same difference. They have beady eyes, transmit hentavirus and bubonic plague, and eat up your provisions when you aren’t looking. Is it any surprise that the word Mouse goes back to mús, which in Sanskrit (and likely ancient Indo-Aryan before that) […]