Joshua Gibbs

Trust Your Enemies

“A man usually has no idea what is being said about him. The entire town may be slandering him, but if he has no friends he will never hear of it.” -Balzac “If a friend tell thee a fault, imagine always that he telleth thee not the whole.” -Thomas Fuller

A Brother Offended

A brother offended is not easily won; a brother easily offended is never won.

A Solution To The Problem Of People’s Phones Going Off During An Event

“Good evening, everyone. We’re so glad you’re here. I’d like to ask everyone to take this opportunity to silence your phones. If your phone goes off during the performance/service, we ask you make a $20 donation to our cause. You’ll find boxes near the exits where you can leave your donation. Thanks, and enjoy theContinue reading “A Solution To The Problem Of People’s Phones Going Off During An Event”

Christmas Comes But Once A Year

The latest episode of Proverbial is committed to the only real proverb which concerns Christmas.

Things I Would Like To Be Grateful For This Christmas

Giuseppe Giusti’s Banda Rossa 20-year vinegar Frederic Malle’s Noir Epices Jacqueline Deep Search mug jjjjound x Reebok Classic Nylon White (Size 13) Esteban’s Amber Japanese style incense A bronze gong, perhaps this one or even this one Nishane discovery set, Serge Lutens discovery set D.S. & Durga car fresheners The Portable Fireplace candle

The Best Movie Of 2023

For most of the year, I was ready to call Blackberry the best film of the year (and you really ought to see it), but no, it’s The Holdovers. A truly lovely film that heavily recalls the early work of Tobias Wolff, Peter Bogdanovich, and maybe a little bit of JD Salinger.

Wrapped 2023

Black Friday: Strategy

There’s not a store on earth which has any incentive to actually stage their biggest sales on Black Friday or Cyber Monday anymore.

I Will Justify The Ways Of Christmas To Man

“My suspicion, then, is that as mankind gains more and more control over nature, we will need Christmas to begin earlier and earlier. If we are impatient, we are impatient to escape the atheistic world of time in which modernity has trapped us. “So,” sneers the grinch, “you’d prefer Christmas to begin in January? IsContinue reading “I Will Justify The Ways Of Christmas To Man”

Decluttering Your Way To Hell

“Americans have so many things that a certain kind of book has lately proliferated which is expressly designed to make readers want to get rid of their things, and to feel good about it. Simplicity and minimalism are hot ticket non-items this year. Of course, minimalism is really just another kind of thing you buy.Continue reading “Decluttering Your Way To Hell”