There was a time when I had a laptop that only had enough space on it to store 2 movies at a . This was back when I didn’t have internet, so movies were a pretty big deal. My only way of getting new movies was by sitting in the corner at a 24-hour laundromat …
I’m Finally a Real Teacher
I’ve taught a few English classes, tutored a few hundred students, run workshops with awful attendance, talked far too enthusiastically about the merits of thinking of writing as a process. I once unironically slammed my fist on a desk and said “writing is fucking hard, man,” because it is, and because I am not what …
3 Reasons Violence is Funny and What it Says About You
If you see someone on the street being beaten in the face with a hammer, it is probable you will not laugh. Unless you are just the worst person, not even a giggle will escape your lips because the action is too close to you, and by close I mean the action is real. The situation is not the same when the street fighters are in a movie or a tv show because the medium provides the distance that lets you laugh at violence, that makes it obviously false. Over the course of their careers, The Three Stooges have done to each other more violence than your average rioting soccer fan-base in post-game celebration/outraged-chaos, but when The Stooges do it, it’s funny. Here are three reasons you enjoy three grown men abusing each other.
