Joe Cecil

What does it mean to "show up with cookies"?

Thinking about a Jacob Falkovich tweet from June. He wrote: (June 19th) but, a note to the lurkers: I was welcomed not unconditionally, but rather given space to work my way up and invest and prove my value to the community over the years you're welcome when you

What to watch next, part 2/n

What am I looking for? Ideally something I haven't heard of before. Beyond that, not a police procedural or anything like it. I've seen enough of those to never want to watch anything remotely like them again — not for the foreseeable future, anyway. Other than that,

To plan or not to plan what to watch next?

My family does a weekly TV/movie night. Next time we're going to finish Inuyasha: The Final Act. That means we have to find something else to watch. Do we pick the next thing in advance, or do we pick it the night of? Picking it in advance

Hours is a long time

I've been thinking lately about natural curiosity and "what could you talk for hours about?" It's not a long list. It's even shorter if I actually have to remember things about those topics. It includes: 1. Fiction? 2. Biographies of early 20th

Background noise

When I'm not listening to music, nearly all the time I'm imagining it anyway. It's always going in the background. Right now, it's a few seconds from the opening and closing themes from Inuyasha: The Final Act. Usually it's video

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