Category: movies / music / tv
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Amor Ex Machina
As I was editing the final chapter of my novel, it occurred to me: maybe love is only prevalent in popular fiction because it’s a convenient plot device. Surely many writers struggle to provide their characters with strong motivations. Why would anyone willingly put themselves in the risky, dangerous situations that often make a good…
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Joel Plaskett at Aeolian Hall, July 16th
Joel Plaskett played last night at Aeolian Hall. It was a fantastic show; the dude is ridiculously talented. For the majority of the concert, he played completely solo, just him singing and one of three different guitars. Aeolian Hall is tiny, so everyone at the sold-out show got good seats. It felt very intimate, with…
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Overheard
As I write this, I’m in a psychology lab running participants for an experiment in my PhD dissertation. But you know, sometimes, it’s the findings that you stumble across while doing research that are just as interesting as the results you’re actively seeking out. For example, when first setting up the study, I had to…
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