Abstraction as Academia

I moved to New York City in 2014 with only one book: Paper Lion, by George Plimpton. All of my other books were left behind in San Francisco. I was shipping my belongings cross-country and had reduced them to fit just three large boxes and a big suitcase. That copy
Next week I am doing one of the bravest things a person can do: I am moving from one apartment to another. This is an objectively positive decision in my life. My monthly rent obligations will be slashed. I’ll live somewhere that is a better social fit for me.
The weather in Brooklyn has been nice this week. The weather is what you talk about when you don’t know what else to say, right? Many of you pay to read this newsletter, so I want to note that I have been managing some health issues over the last
You know those scenes in movies where there’s a huge sudden explosion and the people on the periphery of it throw their eyes wide as their hair blows from the sudden bubble of energy? That was me, wearing a knockoff 1994-1995 Manchester City jersey, as Liam and Noel Gallagher