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Day 246: Rick and Morty hitting on the truth of this era

September 26, 2017 phillPop Culture

I keep promising myself I won’t make the claim that I’ve found genius in another funny romp from Dan Harmon-and-his-friends (I know Justin is the technical creator, but Rick IS Dan Harmon), but last night,[…]

Day 245: I always loved Langston Hughes

September 25, 2017 phillrealtalk

The president said: I wonder if it’s that simple? I am forty now, Native, born in Richmond, Indiana. I went to school there, then then Oxford, then East Lansing I work at[…]

Day 244: What I think you need to know about race in America

September 24, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

I have argued with myself about making this post for a while. I’ve been hinting at sort of coming at this topic in numerous posts (the ones about CCCC, ones about the police, some about[…]

Day 243: Gaming for fun vs. games as work

September 23, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve talked about this topic at length before, but I realized the other night that I haven’t written about it here, at least not as a primary post. Today I want to talk a bit[…]

Day 242: Keep your Hands where my Eyes can See

September 22, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today’s post starts from a Facebook post I made about this news story. I posted this to Facebook: And now we shoot deaf people with walking sticks. Proud moment for the son of a cop[…]

Day 241: the simulacra fissure

September 21, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

As a person who studies the rhetoric of identity, I find myself endlessly interested in how professional wrestlers handle their “kayfabe”– or in-character– identities and then their “regular” identities. For some, it blurs greatly. John[…]

Day 240: The Arcade Money Fallacy

September 20, 2017 phillgames

I have this theory that I bounce around sometimes. My students often take issue with it, but I think it might be generational for them. It might not be, so I’m going to offer up[…]

Day 239: Rick and Morty and the meaning of life

September 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

First off, I’m not going to start with the Rick and Morty fan meme from Reddit, talking about how you have to be smart to like Rick And Morty. Because you don’t need to be[…]

Day 238: The Sound of One Hand Clapping

September 18, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

I’ve been thinking the past few days about the “Digital Humanities” and about the way the academy has of twisting things all up so that they can leverage terminology. Allow me to offer an example.[…]

Day 237: In defense of Jinder Mahal

September 17, 2017 phillrealtalk

I wrote a bit about this earlier, but I want to hit on it again. The current WWE Champion is an Indian who was born in Canada, Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, known in the ring as Jinder[…]