Visiting London, I am under the spell of great art, while back in God’s own country a mother’s son is on death row… We normally regard the issue of having a legal death penalty as a binary: Yes or No. But long ago I challenged that binary: Maybe our society could protect itself by giving […]
Could the film Poor Things be feminist?
seanessay.com (Includes a new footnote for film critics) Opening Credits A “mainstream movie” is where I can confidently tell strangers how good it is; an “art house movie” is when I can’t rate it for you unless I know you. Sean C Teaser A dirty, disgusting movie? Disempowering? With much nudity, and much sex? Well, […]
People Determine Whether History Repeats
seanessay.com A talk radio show here in Britain said it takes 16 years to save for a first down payment for a house—in London it’s 30 years. If you save money via no avocado, no toast, and no coffee then you will have enough in 34 years—I don’t know about London. Supply and Demand means […]
Increasing Self-Power by Changing Environment
seanessay.com Headnote: I’m in London. Last night a talk-radio show reported that if you leave a light on for an extra four hours per day, then at the end of the year your bill will only increase by… $1.75. (in pounds) The story went on to say there are a lot of unnecessary family rows […]
In My Day, We Wrote Paper Letters
seanessay.com In my youth, I was inspired by the father in the memoir Fifth Chinese Daughter, as he made copies of every letter he sent, and kept every letter he received. Although I was as lazy as the next guy, somehow I managed to always find carbon paper or make photocopies. Back then, for normal […]
Blair Coped with being Brilliant
essaysbysean.blogspot.com Keeping with my recent nerd theme: Here’s an old post, from my old lengthy blog, abridged by half. I’ve been thinking about my brilliant buddy Blair lately. Before he passed away, he showed how to overcome the pitfalls of being smart. Here in Calgary, Blair Petterson was known as the guy who came down […]