Tag: science

  • It's Hard to Make Art In a Messed-Up World

    I originally posted this on Across the Board back in June, but it’s Black History Month, and we’re just getting over a second lockdown around here, so I thought I’d re-share it here. I have a confession: I haven’t finished writing anything in months. During those same months, a pandemic has wreaked havoc across the…

  • Why I’m Cutting Down on Artificial Sweeteners

    I may have been wrong about artificial sweeteners. I’ve always been a big fan of them, because I love stuffing sweet things in my mouth, but also try to keep my daily calorie count somewhat reasonable. Sweeteners also have an ideological draw—I love artificial things. I’m typing this on an artificial iPad, powered by artificial…

  • 2019 In Review

    Another year, another complete failure to blog. That’s not entirely true. I occasionally write over on Medium, and have good intentions to copy the posts over here to my main blog sometime, but then forget. My micro-press Forest City Pulp also gets occasional updates. Oh and I’ve started writing at the group blog Across the…

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