Speaking up is hard for anybody anywhere; I sympathize. Brian Tellerico, during a review of a four-part show about sex predator Bill Cosby, wrote “How Cosby was enabled becomes a backdrop for the show, but Bell avoids pointing fingers in that department, in a manner that could be frustrating for some. The idea that “someone […]
Middle Aged Witness to History and Ecology
essaysbysean.com When I was a young man cash registers did not plug in. I can remember, one morning, strolling into a downtown branch of North America’s oldest chainstore: The Hudson’s Bay Company, (now bought out and shortened to The Bay) Upon entering the department store, my ears met a constant, “Beep! Brrring! Cheep! Bing-bing!” I […]
Needless Stupid Pandemic
essaysbysean.blogspot.com Michael Lewis not just an excellent researcher, not just an excellent explainer, he is also an excellent writer. You can see all three qualities just by picking up any of his books, summoning your focus, and reading at random a couple paragraphs without skimming. You may examine his latest, because it is out […]
Conversations at University
seanessay.com As I found in Derek Siver’s notes on the book Geography of Genius: “We’re not talking about conversation as a form of entertainment. We’re talking about conversation as the piling up of premises leading to a conclusion. We’re talking about conversation that takes an issue forward, conversation as a way of getting somewhere.” As […]
Jung and Sue Join the Milk Run
seanessay.com Fiction: Jung and Sue Nonfiction: “journey of a lifetime.” Jung and Sue From the ground, Jung said, “We call this keeping a low profile,” Twin lorrylights appeared, grew, loomed, eased past. The lorry seemed a little high to Sue, she said so to Jung. “Ya, Scully’s Lorry is a little high off the skirts, […]
Social Media was Scary in 1962
seanessay.com One exasperated child to another: Oh, bug off! Sean to a troll: Click off! Last week I was on the phone long distance to my cousin. She’s pretty and blond, yet not dumb. I mentioned that, thanks to the BBC News web page showing which U.S. states were trying to roll back the federal […]