The Tagalog word “gigil” has officially made its way into the Oxford English Dictionary’s list of words that are untranslatable in English. And let me just say, I love that this word exists, because it perfectly captures a feeling I know all too well. “Gigil” is that overwhelming […]
It happened again. After months of avoiding the chilly shadows, I’ve plunged right back into the abyss of Nordic Noir. This time, it’s The Åre Murders, and I’m hooked—again. Every six months or so, I find myself back in the icy depths of Scandinavia, vicariously solving brutal murders […]
How has technology changed your job? The year is 2025, and I’ve come to terms with a few things. The sun still rises in the east, my dogs still bark at invisible ghosts, and no matter how much I blink, the dishes never disappear from my sink. There’s […]
Ah, the weekly roundup of “Did that really just happen?” You know how it goes: you sit down with your cup of coffee, open the news, and suddenly realize we are living in an absurdist play where logic took a permanent vacation. Let’s dive into the carnival of […]
Have you ever watched a sports broadcast where the camera zooms out so far that the players look like ants? They call it a “fantage point,” which I guess is supposed to offer us an eagle’s view of the action. Instead, what we get is a glorified bug […]
NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams went up for a week and ended up floating in space for more than nine months. Can you imagine? They probably packed for a brief adventure, maybe a few freeze-dried meals, some cool space jumps, and instead got stranded in the cosmos. […]
As I sat down this morning, sipping my coffee and watching Bloomberg news, I started thinking about vibe shifts. It’s an odd term, right? But somehow, it perfectly captures what’s going on around us. These days, it feels like the vibes are shifting in all sorts of directions—sometimes […]
“I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden marionette. It must be wonderful—one that can dance, fence, and turn somersaults.” Now that is a quote that gets my mind spinning. I recently heard it while watching an episode of Grimm, and it struck me with its whimsical, slightly […]
“We shall see the crumbs of bread, and they will show us our way home again.” I read that quote at the beginning of an episode of Grimm recently, and for some reason, it hit me with a wave of nostalgia. For what? I’m not entirely sure. There’s […]
This past Sunday, I caught the tail end of an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning about movies and the elusive cinematic experience. The interviewee was discussing the shift in how we consume films—people are now averaging two movie theater visits a year, but they’re watching around seven […]
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