Category writing

The Poem Fairy

Three short stories about a poem fairy

The Mighty Finn

An old thing I wrote

Category novella

The Poem Fairy

Three short stories about a poem fairy

The Mighty Finn

An old thing I wrote

Category tech

Quantified Self and Color Schemes

A little toy project: the colors on my website now change every day according to the amount of exercise and meditation I got the day before. Here’s a tutorial.

Impossible apps from the future

shazizzle — like shazam but useful. badly hum the only two bars you can remember from the song stuck in your head, and it tells you what song it is....

Category apps

Impossible apps from the future

shazizzle — like shazam but useful. badly hum the only two bars you can remember from the song stuck in your head, and it tells you what song it is....

Category art

Can Dad Jokes Be Revolutionary?

The conclusion of my series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Stupid Internet

Part 3 in an essay series about art

Tradition and the end of art

Part 2 in an essay series about art

Garden State (2004) is a Bad Movie

Part 1 in an essay series about art

Revolutionary Art

The introduction to a new series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Painting & Patience

I’ve always said that a lack of patience is my biggest character flaw. Well, that and a certain tendency towards bossiness. But today I want to talk about patience. There...

Category life

Good Inside

Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing

On Head Pain

Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head

On Back Pain

A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.

Intuitive Baking

Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen

Intuitive Cooking

First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty

Adventures in Programming

A deep dive into a long day

On Meditation

Wherein I, Eli, humbly beg you, the reader, to start a meditation practice.

The Tyranny of Dishes

a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.

Adventures in Post-Scarcity Capitalism

The following is a very personal account of what it was like living in 3.5 different communes over the last 6 years in Chicago. It’s meant to be a companion...

smart not hard

ethos, philosophy, principle, plan, structure, organization.

FRIENDZONE

in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror

Painting & Patience

I’ve always said that a lack of patience is my biggest character flaw. Well, that and a certain tendency towards bossiness. But today I want to talk about patience. There...

Category essays

Intuitive Baking

Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen

Intuitive Cooking

First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty

Adventures in Programming

A deep dive into a long day

Can Dad Jokes Be Revolutionary?

The conclusion of my series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Stupid Internet

Part 3 in an essay series about art

Tradition and the end of art

Part 2 in an essay series about art

Garden State (2004) is a Bad Movie

Part 1 in an essay series about art

Revolutionary Art

The introduction to a new series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Tattoo Pain

A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.

On Meditation

Wherein I, Eli, humbly beg you, the reader, to start a meditation practice.

Rear Window’s Villian

The only real problem with hitchcock’s rear window is that the villain looks so… villainous.

The Tyranny of Dishes

a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.

Adventures in Post-Scarcity Capitalism

The following is a very personal account of what it was like living in 3.5 different communes over the last 6 years in Chicago. It’s meant to be a companion...

smart not hard

ethos, philosophy, principle, plan, structure, organization.

FRIENDZONE

in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror

Painting & Patience

I’ve always said that a lack of patience is my biggest character flaw. Well, that and a certain tendency towards bossiness. But today I want to talk about patience. There...

Category relationships

FRIENDZONE

in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror

Category sex

FRIENDZONE

in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror

Category protest

smart not hard

ethos, philosophy, principle, plan, structure, organization.

Category trump

smart not hard

ethos, philosophy, principle, plan, structure, organization.

Category capitalism

Garden State (2004) is a Bad Movie

Part 1 in an essay series about art

The Tyranny of Dishes

a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.

Adventures in Post-Scarcity Capitalism

The following is a very personal account of what it was like living in 3.5 different communes over the last 6 years in Chicago. It’s meant to be a companion...

Category communes

The Tyranny of Dishes

a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.

Adventures in Post-Scarcity Capitalism

The following is a very personal account of what it was like living in 3.5 different communes over the last 6 years in Chicago. It’s meant to be a companion...

Category dishes

The Tyranny of Dishes

a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.

Category poetry

The Poem Fairy

Three short stories about a poem fairy

If cats could talk

O’Malley pleased me with ancient tremblors stirred cream in secret crevices depapered my wall

unsleeped

I am unsleeped, beautious birdsong, belong to be long.

Category travel

Bangkok tips & tricks

info I wish I would have found on some website somewhere else

Category hitchcock

Rear Window’s Villian

The only real problem with hitchcock’s rear window is that the villain looks so… villainous.

Category movies

Rear Window’s Villian

The only real problem with hitchcock’s rear window is that the villain looks so… villainous.

Category aws

Quantified Self and Color Schemes

A little toy project: the colors on my website now change every day according to the amount of exercise and meditation I got the day before. Here’s a tutorial.

Category meditation

On Head Pain

Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head

On Back Pain

A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.

Intuitive Cooking

First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty

Tattoo Pain

A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.

On Meditation

Wherein I, Eli, humbly beg you, the reader, to start a meditation practice.

Category tattoos

Tattoo Pain

A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.

Category pain

On Head Pain

Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head

On Back Pain

A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.

Tattoo Pain

A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.

Category debord

Revolutionary Art

The introduction to a new series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Category cheesiness

Can Dad Jokes Be Revolutionary?

The conclusion of my series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Stupid Internet

Part 3 in an essay series about art

Tradition and the end of art

Part 2 in an essay series about art

Garden State (2004) is a Bad Movie

Part 1 in an essay series about art

Revolutionary Art

The introduction to a new series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Category music

Tradition and the end of art

Part 2 in an essay series about art

Category internet

Stupid Internet

Part 3 in an essay series about art

Category families

Can Dad Jokes Be Revolutionary?

The conclusion of my series of writings about cheesiness and communication

Category programming

Adventures in Programming

A deep dive into a long day

Category lessons

Adventures in Programming

A deep dive into a long day

Category cooking

Intuitive Baking

Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen

Intuitive Cooking

First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty

Category skills

Good Inside

Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing

On Head Pain

Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head

On Back Pain

A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.

Intuitive Baking

Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen

Intuitive Cooking

First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty

Category baking

Intuitive Baking

Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen

Category books

Good Inside

Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing

On Head Pain

Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head

On Back Pain

A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.

Category children

Good Inside

Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing

Category therapy

Good Inside

Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing