During my summer vacation, I always read 4-5 books cover to cover. This year, I'm finally going to read Moby Dick. This is my white whale. I'm not sure what "white whale" means but I've heard people use the reference & it seems appropriate.

Explaining to my daughter that her mom and I watch different TV shows Daughter: Does she watch stuff without you? Me: Some. She likes The Biggest Loser. Do you know that that is? Daughter: Um.... is it you?

Watching The Fall of the House of Usher with my daughters & it's such a tremendous adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's work It's practically in love with the source material & elegantly weaves Poe's themes and most potent imagery into a single coherent story

The DSA taking over the Dem party should not be a laughing matter to conservatives or Republicans. We have a 2 party system and Dems WILL regain control, it's only a matter of time Republicans need to start building defenses (esp legal defenses) b/c Dems are not going to play nice when they get back into power

DSA is taking over the Dem primary What did you expect? It has been 18 fuckin years since the Democrats had an actual Presidential primary. The entire world has changed in that time and Dems keep pretending like they've got control of their party News Flash: you don't

It is really remarkable how well CS Lewis was able to write for children given that he had none of his own The Narnia series is a masterpiece of children's fiction. The chapters are just the right length to read out loud, the tone is perfect for kids, it balances danger with wonder and whimsy In Narnia, the children sometimes drink alcohol and people occasionally swear, but always with purpose behind it. There is genuine danger and the threat of death is real. But there are also childhood fantasies of beating up the bully, escaping the evil step-father, and sacrificing for the greater good. The Narnia stories have temptation, transgression, repentance, and absolution in terms that small children can understand. I'm a father of 3 and I don't think I understand the minds of children as well as CS Lewis did. Even if I weren't a Christian, these are top-tier stories. I'm not sure there is any series that can compare.

Rewatching Game of Thrones, on season 8, episode 2 It's not *bad*, just kind of thin and dull. It's so depressing that this show ended this way. I don't even want to watch the next episode, I recall hating it when it first aired.

One of the reasons that I don't accept the "nuking USAID killed millions of people" framing is because most of the people saying this never took the stance that the US was a tremendously good and heroic force for saving millions of people