Joshua Gibbs

Adult Slang: “Adjacent” Is The New “Pivot”

Remember back in 2020 when everybody wanted to use the word “pivot”? Journalists, critiques, commentators, everyone really, loved an excuse to use the word “pivot.” It was so modern, so edgy, and sounded so informed and zeitgeisty. Now everyone wants to say “adjacent.” “This coffee isn’t fruity, but it’s fruit-adjacent.” “This movie isn’t horror, butContinue reading “Adult Slang: “Adjacent” Is The New “Pivot””

The Cleverest Man Alive

This is Steve Coogan being funny by repeating two words over and over.

Is Classical Education Sustainable?

“Yet many school leaders misunderstand the basis of culture, seeing it as something produced more by a shared vision than by shared behavior. In other words, they emphasize the ends while giving insufficient attention to the means. In the classical sphere, many leaders commit this error because they are more comfortable in the world ofContinue reading “Is Classical Education Sustainable?”

Skipping School

“In the last several years, your school may have developed a “vacation problem,” as a colleague of mine recently put it. A “vacation problem” is a tendency among school families to take long vacations in the middle of the school year. Your school may have had vacation issues prior to 2020, but pandemic policies inevitablyContinue reading “Skipping School”

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon’s depiction of human beings back in the 1960s is curiously similar to AI drawn human beings today.

10 Favorite Music Videos Of All Time

10. Across the Universe, Fiona Apple (Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) 9. Gosh, Jamie XX (Directed by Romain Gavras) 8. Lost Cause, Beck 7. Let Forever Be, The Chemical Brothers (Directed by Michel Gondry) 6. Virtual Insanity, Jamiroquai (Directed by Jonathan Glazer) 5. Bachelorette, Bjork (Directed by Michel Gondry) 4. Just, Radiohead (Directed by JamieContinue reading “10 Favorite Music Videos Of All Time”

Prayerfully

If you’ve just heard or read the word “prayerfully,” you’ve just been asked to consider giving money. It’s the only time anyone uses the word “prayerfully.” Please prayerfully consider making a donation. Let me prayerfully ask you to consider using this word in other contexts, though. As in, “Please prayerfully chew with your mouth closed.”Continue reading “Prayerfully”

Conjectures

The real thought leaders are the people “thought leaders” rip off. The real thought leaders are the people “thought leaders” secretly want to impress.

Like

What TikTok does to ninth grade girls, Twitter does to mid-range Christian intellectuals.

Bad

Tom: I had to stay after school to deal with a bad student. Harry: A “bad student.” Wow. That’s such an extreme judgment. I don’t know that I believe in “bad students.” I believe in misguided students, underprivileged students, wild students. But “bad students”? Yikes. Tom: Do you believe in “bad teachers”? Harry: That’s different.Continue reading “Bad”