Category Archives: Personal Best

Fighting The Pointless Fight: Books Come Back And Hit You, You Know

OK, I have really, truly lost it. Two moves back and forth across the country, I swore I would jettison every bit of baggage unnecessary to my life, particularly everything heavy; I cussed I swore I kicked things, I frightened poor dear Blair and Abby who helped with my storage. I have crap in Mom’s […]

I Had A Thought For No-One's But Your Ears:

There are certain video games whose characters we empathized with when we were small, even though they were represented by lumps of inhuman-looking pixellated blocks. Why do we cling to this artifice?