April 20, 2017

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of…

Poetry Games: The Clash

Some of my nerdier friends and I like to play this game in which we have to create a poem…

April 19, 2017

“Beg-packers”

Daily Mail came out with an article a few days ago detailing the "rise of 'beg-packers'". Yes, that's right: beg-packers.…

April 18, 2017

In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise;…

April 17, 2017

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. -Arnold Palmer

The Fickle Things

We find that time is a fickle thing. We are actually Quite, quite wrong. What we don't realize is that…

April 16, 2017

Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs…

April 13, 2017

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? - Jean…

Ty Richards: Zillion (2017)

The benefit of working in the ATX is that the office giveaway pile includes CDs. I casually looked through the…

April 10, 2017

I don't think any of us are normal people. -Wes Anderson

April 9, 2017

The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life…

April 8, 2017

The unexamined life is not worth living. -Socrates

April 7, 2017

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

April 6, 2017

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Pablo Picasso