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  • Book Review: Glen, by Bryan Gorrison

    It can always get worse. That seems to be the core message of Bryan Gorrison‘s debut novel. When it begins with the titular Glen getting shipped off to jail for violently molesting a child, it’s hard to imagine how it can go down from there, but soon Glen is involved in a spiral of homelessness,…

  • Instagram Explosion

    So, Instagram was just bought by Facebook, and may or may not die off or be swallowed as a result. I figure it’s a good time to post some of my favourite Instagram photos here, both as a backup in case Zuckerberg hits his “destroy everything beautiful” button, and as a way to recycle stuff…

  • On Lying

    The first of April is probably a good day to talk about lying. I recently finished reading Sam Harris’s short essay on the topic, which is called, no lie, Lying. In it, he explores the rationality of communicating things that are not true, and comes to the conclusion that it is wrong to lie. Yeah.…