nostalgia

French Fancificaton

One of my happiest (and weirdest) memories from all of middle school comes from Mrs.

Jun 11 •

I was just listening to Geoffrey Hinton talking about the future of AI.

Jun 8 •

Joe Friday was a no-nonsense detective on the TV show Dragnet. I remember watching reruns while growing up, and admiring the way his unflappable…

May 14 •

It all starts with water.

May 3 •

I wouldn’t say I was afraid of sex growing up, exactly.

Apr 23 •

In New York City in 1976, a series of murders began to set the city on edge.

Apr 22 •

Shortly after my rough introduction to judo, I had a somewhat less violent introduction to the Beatles.

Apr 17 •

Middle school playground games taught me a lot about the world.

Apr 12 •

Tetherball Takeaways

Imagine a volleyball tied to a rope.

Apr 5 •

When the movie Big came out in 1988, it seemed tailor-made for me.

Apr 2 •

It Was Forty Years Ago Today

Social studies classes were a mixed bag for middle schoolers.

Mar 30 •

For all of human history, right up until the modern era, all of the great sounds we ever made just kind of vanished into the cosmos.

Mar 27 •

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