I recently played the puzzle platformer Gris, which has been hailed as a beautiful, emotional journey. I think it kind of falls short, but it prompted me to think about the larger genre of emotional indie games. Obviously, I spend a lot of time thinking about emotions and how to deal with them. Like most […]

Stop, you’re pronouncing it wrong. Read More Last week I stayed home and did some editing. This week I read more medieval writings about urine. So, pretty mundane stuff. Read More When your body says: “Why not have both?” Read More ‘Cause I’ve got, like … dozens. Read More This week I learned a valuable […]

It’s what’s hiding under all that anxiety, right? I recently had a – shall we say – incident… that exposed me to a minor phobia. If you have trouble with bugs, you may want to stop reading. I am staying in someone else’s apartment that is clearly not typically occupied for more than a week at […]

So this may seem obvious, but I have trouble leaving the past in the past. I’m a historian, so certainly I think that the past has value in the present. I think there’s something to be learned from how we got to where we are, or the ways things have changed (and the ways they […]

Money is perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when most people consider pursuing a graduate degree, and for good reason – this is a life built on financial uncertainty that is, for many people, prohibitively expensive to even enter.  Read More It’s a cruel paradox that some of the most antisocial people become […]

I arrived in Sicily this week, and after struggling through some small mishaps, I started working. Read More I’m back in Europe again. I got a free pass into Vatican City, struggled with driving, and learned about the hidden gem that is Salerno. Read More