When you walk into a Starbucks, you have to determine what kind it is. Coffee shop or green and white-themed Greyhound station that serves coffee.
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Why I Don’t Let My Daughters Listen to Taylor Swift
“There’s a lot to object to about Taylor Swift. Her music is shallow, her mind is weak, her feelings are trite and vacuous. Her taste in men and the rate at which she burns through them suggest she is both boring and easily bored. And her public persona strikes me as rather fake even forContinue reading “Why I Don’t Let My Daughters Listen to Taylor Swift”
Mad Decent Yard Sale At Chez Gibbs Tomorrow
Among the better deals, a massive collection of good glassware: glencairn glasses, coupe glasses, martini glasses, nine champagne flutes. Just a dollar each. If you’ve ever been to a party or dinner at our place, stop by and pick up a memento.
I Puzzle Over This Frame Every Time I Rewatch “Sans Soleil”
Haiku
All that holds me back from barbarism- this Criterion Channel subscription I never use
Memory Eternal: Françoise Hardy (1944-2024)
My daughters loved her.
How Intellectual Fashions Work
Our Theology Curriculum 1991: Augustine’s Confessions 1992: Augustine’s Confessions 1993: Augustine’s Confessions 1994: Augustine’s Confessions 1995: Augustine’s Confessions 1996: Augustine’s Confessions 1997: Augustine’s Confessions 1998: Augustine’s Confessions 1999: Augustine’s Confessions 2000: Augustine’s Confessions 2001: Augustine’s Confessions 2002: Augustine’s Confessions 2003: Augustine’s Confessions 2004: Augustine’s Confessions 2005: Augustine’s Confessions 2006: Augustine’s Confessions 2007: Augustine’s Confessions 2008:Continue reading “How Intellectual Fashions Work”
Where I’m Calling From: Summer ’24/Pt. 1
Why We Love Superhero Movies
Most superhero movies are predicated on the idea that some people are born special or born interesting. Modern people gladly identify with this idea because they are lazy and hate the idea of making themselves worthy of something higher, nobler.
Love and Pleasure
We like things that please us, but we long to make ourselves worthy of the things we love.
