Cleveland Rocks
Literally. (Check out that insane woodwork in the last photo. The entire house probably cost less than a studio apartment in San Francisco. The charms of the Rust Belt are real, y’all.)
View ArticleBeauty in Disorder
“Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.” I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Jane Jacobs is the shit, y’all.
View ArticleInternet famous!
I have been meaning for several weeks now to post my final piece about “Buffy” (which I finished re-watching), but I was sick over the holidays and, since my return to Oakland, I have been busy BLOWING...
View ArticleOddments
When cultural gatekeepers turn on one another, things can get ugly… or kind of interesting, as in this piece from n+1 on the history of Pitchfork. (Is elitism additive, or multiplicative?) I freely...
View ArticleWell then…
…this is depressing. And not short, but absolutely worth a read. This is the world we’ve made.
View ArticleBlasts From the Past
I’ve been going through past writing and trying to put things where they need to go. What follows are two pieces that I wrote almost five years ago, before this blog even existed — the specifics, of...
View ArticleLies New Urbanism Told Me
Type “Main Street Disneyland” into a web browser and the Google results are quick and stunning — four and a half million instant electronic reports. ”Hollywood” is often used as a dismissive catchall...
View ArticleDuly Noted
Lots of interesting things have been making their way through my browser lately: - Retirement as Ratzinger’s most progressive legacy. - Reconceptualizing the way we think and talk about sex… with a...
View ArticleDuly Noted
To keep you occupied over the holiday weekend: - A fascinating (and vitally important) detailing of the process by which laws are actually enacted. It’s not short, but then, it is a complicated...
View ArticleDuly Noted
The last few weeks have entered into a period of crazy-busyness, kicked off with my move from the existential hell I’ve written of before. Though there is a lot going on, I will make efforts to update...
View ArticleOn SF, From London
I had plans to write an epic post about the Google bus situation and the social divides and false meritocracy of the tech economy (titled “Class: Warfare, Bus Fare, & What is Fair?”) — but then...
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