Thanks for your kind words!

Thanks for your kind words!

That looks really interesting! I like the way he puts it, that it's people for whom "the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to mastery". I think that's what makes Nietzschean philosophy go wrong for so many people too— they apply it to humanity itself and, ultimately, no one can control other humans…

That looks really interesting! I like the way he puts it, that it's people for whom "the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to mastery". I think that's what makes Nietzschean philosophy go wrong for so many people too— they apply it to humanity itself and, ultimately, no one can control other humans…

Thanks! I mostly edit and occasionally teach for a living now, and everything I write is academic bloobleeblah for mostly text-based journals that less than 10 people read. But I was thinking of starting a blog to write about pop culture— especially cause I just finished Breaking Bad and I wanna go through the first 5…

Thanks! I mostly edit and occasionally teach for a living now, and everything I write is academic bloobleeblah for mostly text-based journals that less than 10 people read. But I was thinking of starting a blog to write about pop culture— especially cause I just finished Breaking Bad and I wanna go through the first 5…

I just wanna add a little clarification re: Nietzsche and the way I apply him in this case.

I just wanna add a little clarification re: Nietzsche and the way I apply him in this case.

Upon re-watching, I realized that this is my favourite episode of the series, and I think that's because I view it as the climax of the series. For me, it's the climax in the character arc of Tony Soprano, expressed pretty overtly in his "I get it" moment. I think everything that follows is the denouement or…

Upon re-watching, I realized that this is my favourite episode of the series, and I think that's because I view it as the climax of the series. For me, it's the climax in the character arc of Tony Soprano, expressed pretty overtly in his "I get it" moment. I think everything that follows is the denouement or…

It's not that snark doesn't translate well, it's just that they are so used to doublethink, they don't know what's up and what's down anymore. I mean, come on, "Taiwan is a part of China"? That's like an Onion headline right there.

It's not that snark doesn't translate well, it's just that they are so used to doublethink, they don't know what's up and what's down anymore. I mean, come on, "Taiwan is a part of China"? That's like an Onion headline right there.

Can I just say that I find both of your attitudes to meeting biological family endlessly fascinating?

Can I just say that I find both of your attitudes to meeting biological family endlessly fascinating?

Worst newswire I've ever read.

Worst newswire I've ever read.

That……sucks. Is there any bullying that stems from that, in either direction?

That……sucks. Is there any bullying that stems from that, in either direction?

I don't know if I've ever heard a new insight in this conversation. It's the oldest and the most boring conversation possible.

I don't know if I've ever heard a new insight in this conversation. It's the oldest and the most boring conversation possible.