Archive


  1. My Problem With Programming

    I like programming, but I don't know yet if it can tell me anything about how the world works.
  2. What is Rain?

    Poetry as a way of thinking.
  3. Mining and Refining: The Two Modes of Writing

    You're either digging for coal, or pressing it into diamonds.
  4. The Gift God Left

    It's up to us.
  5. The First

    A different theory of strings.
  6. Nothing Rhymes with Kerouac

    Not the dumbest thing I've ever done.
  7. Get Out of the Water

    On worry, intuition, and trying new things.
  8. It's Not the Story's Fault You Thought You Were Still on the Ranch

    Two short essays and one longish essay inspired by 'Lonesome Dove.'
  9. And God Said, "Care, Dammit"

    Talmudic wisdom in 'The Exorcist.'
  10. Buffalo Sorting and My First Gambling Foray

    Notes from the Badlands.
  11. Riddled with Words: 'The Maltese Falcon'

    Every bastard gets what's coming to them.
  12. Cinderella in Reverse: 'Roman Holiday'

    Instead of putting the glass slipper on, Ann kicks it off.
  13. Absence of Meaning in 'The Lighthouse'

    A successful exercise in atmosphere, but it's probably about nothing.