Joshua Gibbs

Fantino

I was watching the 90s channel on Pluto TV this evening and Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” video came on. It reminded me of high school, when someone might have asked me to explain myself–my purpose in the world, my ethos, my intentions, my soul–and I could have played a single four-minute song which moreContinue reading “Fantino”

Why I Bought My Teenage Son An Invisibility Cloak

“You can’t be too careful these days, and when you know your child has an invisibility cloak, you feel a lot better about letting him leave the house. If he ever gets lost in a bad part of town and some unsavory characters start following him, he can put on his invisibility cloak and getContinue reading “Why I Bought My Teenage Son An Invisibility Cloak”

Overgrown Adolescents: Rise of the 18-34 Year-Old

“Once Americans hits the age of 18, their tastes are not expected or required to change all that much for the next sixteen years. Between 18 and 34, a person will likely leave home, go to college, graduate college, and enter a career. The average age of a first-time homebuyer in this country is 32.Continue reading “Overgrown Adolescents: Rise of the 18-34 Year-Old”

A Good Sign

This year’s ACCS lineup.

Poetry: After Luther’s Commentary on Ecclesiastes

Making Up a Room For Grief by Joshua Gibbs Lest I be surprised and over thrown as though by a family of five arriving suddenly before dawn announcing a twelve year residency in my tiny house I have decided to begin making up a room for Grief I do not know when he will comeContinue reading “Poetry: After Luther’s Commentary on Ecclesiastes”

After Margery Williams

A definition… Real: that which can be faked for immediate, momentary pleasure.

Proverbial, Episode 50: Who Are You Trying To Convince?

“Violent antipathies are always suspicious and betray a secret affinity.” -William Hazlitt Who Are You Trying To Convince? is the latest episode of Proverbial and is available now.

A Simple Difference

The modern parent believes that the best way to teach a child responsibility is to give the child a number of costly gifts and tell the child not to ruin or break the gifts. The classical parent believes the best way to teach responsibility is to require a child to perform tasks that are productiveContinue reading “A Simple Difference”

Inevitable

If you don’t have a police, you must have some organized group of people who keep a police from forming, and the people who keep a police from forming are the police.

Teaching The Comedy

When teaching the Comedy, it is often the same student who claims that “all sin is the same in God’s eyes” that also most heartily objects to Dante’s insinuation that gluttony is worse than lust.