seanessay.com I am forever awed by the beautiful competency of television executive Joss Whedon’s handling of the death of Buffy Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (BtVS) I’m impressed, for one thing, that I’m not spoiling the plot, for any new viewers, by writing this essay, since Joss foreshadows her demise right from the first […]
Fitting in to College
A US college student, who’s blog I follow, titled her piece: I regret to inform you all that I miss high school. Athena Scalzi, on her blog Whatever, (Dec 16, 2020) received 87 comments, most of them lengthy, over two days. Her readers are mostly older nerds and science fiction fans. Smart, I mean. Yet […]
Death of Anya
seanessay.com a music video essay It’s been over 20 years since Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired, but if you still plan to finally watch it someday then be warned: This essay is like the forward to an English literature book such as Anna Karenina—revealing Anya’s story. I wrote it intending that, as Buffy says […]
Modern Violence and Revolution in France
seanessay.com What could I say to a grown up Canadian daughter, to help her speak to her Canadian mother, when her mother is being sympathetic to Muslims murdering in France? “Mother!” After some Muslim-on-atheist violence in Paris, the mother pointed out the Muslim killers had felt provoked… that the westerners hadn’t needed to act that […]
Good Media Ain’t Social Media
seanessay.com This week thugs stormed into the US capital building—because of what they believed. If they believed fake news, then was this news from normal, traditional media? No, it was from social media, beginning with tweets from their government’s Chief Executive Officer. As I see it, Social Media Kills. Today, curating what others have said, […]
Free Fall Travel
seanessay.com Every January, besides visiting their local gymnasium, some people see a travel agent, being resolved to spend “whatever it takes” to go somewhere this year. Because if we don’t resolve, then somehow another year slips by. At my regular class for “Free Fall Friday” writing, (At the Alexandra Centre Writers Society) I wrote two […]