Confirmation of (a) Justice

How long can anger be sustained? It’s a low grade persistent throbbing behind your eyes. Does it can it will it stay inside forever? Bottled up? Or does it overflow inevitably? A fiery wrath let loose upon those unsuspecting who deserve it? Those bystanders who let it...

Top Albums by Women, According to Not NPR

On this anniversary-ish of the NPR’s Top 150 Albums by Women, they have released a list of the top 200 songs by women of the 21st Century. It’s fine, and I’ll have to do my deep dive. I am pleased to share that CRJ has made it into the list twice...

Strength in Difference:
Diversity and Inclusion in A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place is a scary movie. Set in a near future, it tells the story of a family that has survived an invasion of blind creatures with hyper hearing, a trait that makes it all the easier for them to hunt their prey: humans. Moreover, it tells the story of a family...

Me Too -> Not Me

“It certainly is not a good time for anyone to be accused of something like this,” Mr. Tritico, Mr. Feinberg’s lawyer, said. Of all the coverage of men losing their jobs for sexually inappropriate conduct, this sentence is the most telling. The line comes from an...

For Nick

There is a glass on my dresser. I haven’t drunk from it since October 2016. I cleaned it once and never used it again. It is a stemless wine glass, which I never remember Nick drinking out of. I keep moving the glass from surface to surface around my room for fear...