Humbler Than ThouSeptember 16, 2025The following is a short piece I wrote for Adam Mastroianni’s 2nd(?) Annual(?) Blog Extravaganza. It’s also the perfect opportunity to say something I’ve been thinking which doesn’t quite necessitate its own blog post. People are still doing cool things on the Internet. That’s it. I know it’s popular to whinge about ads, slop, and Algorithms (I love to bring up the Dead Internet theory myself). More people than I can count claim to want to spend less time online while doing nothing to support that claim. read more...Alternative Personality TestsSeptember 01, 2025Today the phrase that’s been bothering me for years is “Myers Briggs is unscientific”. Why do people say that? Beyond trying to embarrass their friend who brought it up, that is. All the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, does is define 4 binaries and ask questions about them. It’s as scientific as asking your friend whether they like coffee, and then calling them a coffee-liker. If you believe in the validity of self-report, then MBTI is meaningful regardless. read more...Thinking About MyselfMay 15, 2025One day, I will crash my car, and it will happen while I’m thinking about what an aware, conscientious, and overall good driver I am. There’s nothing as distracting, as intoxicating as thinking about myself, and there’s nothing the Universe punishes as swiftly. Not that I’m thinking about myself all the time, but it’s notable when I do because my guard drops and Murphy’s Law swoops in to humble me. read more...Oklahoma!March 31, 2025Something feels wrong about skipping over the great musical composers to the deeper cuts. It’s not like any of my cuts are that deep, but I’d still feel embarrassed if any of my readers were caught in public knowing Come From Away and not Cole Porter. Last time, I covered Company, one of many great Sondheim musicals. This time we’re going back to the Golden Age (a suspicious name for the first era when people wrote musicals as we now know them) and Rodgers and Hammerstein. read more...If this isn't niceFebruary 09, 2025I wanted this to be a shorter post so that I could publicize an improv show I’m doing over the next few weeks, but it seems like now it’ll be a regular length post with a very late announcement (first show today at 4pm). I’m performing at CSz Seattle with The Loop. Our show is called Meet Cute, and we’re sharing the stage with two other excellent groups, Movie Mash and Neighborhood Block. read more...All posts