This is a place where I can think out loud, work through ideas, and talk about stuff that doesn't fit cleanly into the type of freelance writing I do. Some ideas will be fully formed, others, as the title implies, will be unfinished.
Foundational Texts: Goonies Never Say Die
The second installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at the message I took from The Goonies when I was ten and is still just as relevant today.
Published on February 28, 2026
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed a half-million whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself.
Published on February 22, 2026
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed a half-million whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself.
Published on February 8, 2026
Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms
The first installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at artist Jenny Holzer's Truisms, what they meant to a 14-year-old me and how they still resonate today.
Published on January 31, 2026
From Chicago to Minneapolis to wherever is next, more and more it's very clear that we are all we have. And maybe that's enough.
Published on January 21, 2026
Strength and Hope Amid the Year’s Cold Start
This year has started hard. There's a line from the Mountain Goats song 'Cold at Night' that I keep coming back to.
Published on January 12, 2026
There's only one word I can use to describe 2025: unrelenting. My contract on the year finally runs out today and so I requested an exit interview with HR.
Published on December 31, 2025
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby.
Published on December 24, 2025
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We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks.
Published on May 23, 2025
A post about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails.
Published on Feb 23, 2025
ICE has been cracking down on Chicago, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it's like here in late October. Plus, I compiled some resources for alerts and whistles.
Published on Oct 24, 2025
In Chicago, whistles proved to be a super effective alert system when ICE is near. With these goons spreading out across the country, I wanted to put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles. I wrote as full a brain dump as I could muster. Whistle up.
Published on Nov 21, 2025
During this long, hot, difficult summer I took a trip to a huge video game arcade and ended up completely in love with the art of the game marquee.
Published on Aug 1, 2025