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Seventeen Screw-Ups
Leave a commentMarch 4, 2023 by jamesessj
The third season of Picard has not been the Dumpster fire the first two (and every season of Discovery) were, …
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Today I Turn 50
Leave a commentAugust 30, 2019 by jamesessj
(This piece was written on August 26, date of the actual birthday in question, but I didn’t get around to …
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Light and Dark — Thoughts on “The Force Awakens”
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2015 by jamesessj
Well — that wasn’t so bad. After the prequels, any Star Wars fan could be forgiven for anticipating the worst …
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My Years At “The New Yorker”
Leave a commentFebruary 12, 2014 by jamesessj
James Thurber welcomed me to The New Yorker with a punch to the stomach. In those days that was an …
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Titans of Industry
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2014 by jamesessj
Chic Stonefellow Born in Romania in 1896, came to the United States by way of an oversized catapult. Was adopted …
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The Josephine of Crime
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2014 by jamesessj
Holmes was just sticking the needle into his vein — not cocaine, but liquefied bratwurst, which his doctor had recommended …
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World Factbook Update
Leave a commentJanuary 6, 2014 by jamesessj
Djibouti Tiny country the size of a sidecar. Population of roughly fourteen, all of them related, none of them on …
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Surprise Announcement
Leave a commentJanuary 3, 2014 by jamesessj
In a surprise move today, the Vatican announced that it is putting Catholicism up for sale. The brand has suffered …
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Alligator Tamers
Leave a commentDecember 30, 2013 by jamesessj
Haven’t posted anything for a very long while — been working on longer-form projects — but while in the U.S. …
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The Campaign In Italy
Leave a commentJuly 27, 2013 by jamesessj
10/6/43 Took Hill 403 today. But we lost Hills 217, 326, and 451-458 inclusive. For every step we take forward, …
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