Harare, Zimbabwe – Sitting on a plastic chair, Kingston Dhewa stares intently at his smartphone, his thumbs jabbing furiously at the screen.
Month: August 2024
Henry Miller’s “Commandments”
Point #10 is a tough one, and something I’ve struggled with since the day I was born. Point #7 and #11 seem to me to be in direct contradiction with one another.
Augusts in RVA
Twenty years of Augusts in RVA.
Sometime this month marks 20 years since I moved to Richmond, VA. In the first 25 years of my life I’d maybe visited Richmond fewer than ten times even though I lived less than an hour up the road in Fredericksburg.
I followed a gal down here to finally finish school. The gal didn’t last, the school took a bit longer to finish, and for the first five years I felt like I was visiting.
Richmond just didn’t feel like home.
Until 15 years ago this month when I met my better half. Suddenly Richmond started to feel a bit more comforting. A bit more like home.
13 years ago this month we got engaged (kinda, July 31st, but still).
12 years ago I was sending her pictures of items at the grocery store that would expire after we married in October.
10 years ago I was sending her pictures of the piles of baby clothes I was buying instead of pants for myself for the little dude who’d arrive in September.
7 years ago two-month old little dude two learned how soft and grabable our then 17-year old fluffy white princess cat was, the same cat who’d pass away a month later.
5 years ago the first little one started kindergarten, getting way too big too fast.
4 years ago we sold our first home, where we started our family, where we found out the day after we moved in that the first little one was on the way, where we brought both of our babies home.
2 years ago the second little one started kindergarten, impossibly big and chatty.
This month the oldest started fifth grade, the end of elementary school, and just weeks away from turning ten (TEN!) years old.
Twenty years of Augusts in RVA have been pretty interesting. Some point between then and now, Richmond became home in so many ways. It’s good to be here.
No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is the Future of Media
The funniest writers at The Onion shuffled through dozens of news stories at a meeting last week, trying to discern which headline would make readers laugh harder. The headlines — all 52 of them — were completely fake, possible fodder for the satirical news site.
Creator Platforms Should Be a Special Category on the App Store
But we also don’t think that Apple should be wholly blamed. This unfortunate situation, in which creators ultimately bear the biggest costs, is a structural issue rooted in how the commercial internet has evolved (or not) over the past couple of decades. […]
Patreon Should Consider Calling Apple on Its Threats
Patreon is home to an incredible range of creators, all with unique circumstances and billing needs. Apple’s in-app purchase system, on the other hand, only supports Patreon’s subscription billing model.
Express Elevator
Don’t ask me how I know that there used to be a drug-culture term express elevator. That was what you rode when you took uppers and downers at the same time: simultaneously soaring through the roof and crashing through the floor.
All Music Is Good and Liking Is Overrated
Today I want to revisit a subject I first wrote about a year ago: “open-earedness” — an academic term for openness to new music. I shared some ideas about how to stay open-eared back then, but it’s something I still think about.
Why Does Ozempic Cure All Diseases?
Fine, the title is an exaggeration. But only a small one. GLP-1 receptor agonist medications like Ozempic are already FDA-approved to treat diabetes and obesity.
Inside the Gen-Z operation powering Harris’ online remix
It went viral. First, as a criticism of Harris on right-wing social media accounts, including @RNCResearch, the rapid response account of the Republican National Committee.
