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The Five Most Interesting Books I’ve Read in My Entire Life

As alluded to in my post “Thor Ragnarok is Also About Climate Change,” here is the highly anticipated list of the top five most interesting books I’ve read in my entire life. They are in no particular order within this list. I’ve limited it to non-fiction because I’ve been reading more non-fiction recently. Reviews aboutContinue reading “The Five Most Interesting Books I’ve Read in My Entire Life”

Thoughts From Quarantine: Ronald Reagan

Recently, I rewatched How To Survive a Plague because I thought that it was thematically appropriate for the current situation. Let’s distract ourselves from the current pandemic by watching movies about a different one. Watching How to Survive a Plague and other movies and documentaries about the AIDS crisis refilled my endless loathing of RonaldContinue reading “Thoughts From Quarantine: Ronald Reagan”

Thor Ragnarok is Also About Climate Change

Thor Ragnarok is one of the best Marvel movies to date. It’s one of the funniest and has some of the best music, in my humble opinion. It is also one of the most political. The movie comments on several salient issues. Many have written about how Thor Ragnarok addresses the issues of refugees andContinue reading “Thor Ragnarok is Also About Climate Change”

I am FURIOUS

I am furious. I am irate. I am seething. I am fuming. I am so unbelievably angry. I just saw Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and I am furious about several key aspects of the movie. This is long, get ready. Spoilers ahead. Obviously. Final Warning Okay. First and foremost, what truly inspired this rage filledContinue reading “I am FURIOUS”

My (Apolitical) Thoughts on Joe Biden

This post is not about Biden’s policies or my thoughts on him as a candidate in the 2020 presidential election or his time as Vice President. Perhaps one day I will make a post about that, because I sure do have a lot of political thoughts about Biden as well, but that is not whyContinue reading “My (Apolitical) Thoughts on Joe Biden”

On Salad and Capitalism

Every single buffet line you have ever been in has started with salad. You grab your plate and then BOOM, there’s the lettuce and the croutons and the salad dressing. You know there’s delicious food further down the line and you know that you would rather eat all the other food instead of the salad,Continue reading “On Salad and Capitalism”