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  • The Best Most Listened-To Albums of 2013: Top Ten

    Every year, I use Last.fm to track what I listen to, and at the end of every year I list the albums I listened to most. They may not be the best albums, or even my favourite, but something made me listen to them more than any others. Yesterday I counted down the honourable mentions,…

  • The Best Most Listened-To Albums of 2013: Honourable Mentions

    Every year, I use Last.fm to track what I listen to, and at the end of every year I list the albums I listened to most. They may not be the best albums, or even my favourite, but something made me listen to them more than any others. I’ve italicized albums that I’d consciously choose…

  • The Myth of the Adult

    When we are kids, life’s trajectory looks something like this: struggle through childhood with crappy unfinished brains, then at some point, make a transition to adulthood, in which our brains are complete, mature, and equipped to handle what life throws at us. Calvin and Hobbes: Moving On, by Zatransis Every adult knows that’s bullshit. And every…

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