DETAILS: I worked at one high school my first year (Fabulously Affluent High School) and another my second year (Slightly-Less Affluent High School). Now, at the beginning of my third year, I’m back at FAHS.

I. My roulette placement awakens …Continue reading this entry

This started as thoughts on criticism, grew malignantly into a hyperbolic exclamation about the death of rebellion, and then deflated. Now it’s just some thoughts (and maybe prescriptions, because I can’t write without telling people what to do, apparently) regarding …Continue reading this entry

Dear WFM,
I recently lost my job because of the economic crisis, and my wife has since been especially cold to me. I’ve been working hard to find another one, but I think she blames me. At any rate, …Continue reading this entry

Webcomics are a difficult phenomenon to get into, not the least because googling “webcomics” turns up a tidal wave of poorly drawn manga and comics that can be described as “adult” solely because they feature naked people. …Continue reading this entry

This text woke me up. It came from my boss, sent last week:

“Could you call the classroom and talk to Richard? He’s upset and wants to say goodbye to you. If you call now, he will be crying.”

Last …Continue reading this entry

Sheepish apologies to Borges.

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The story of Daniel Hasch’s rise from computer engineer to the wealthiest human being in history is as common as any American myth now. In fact, many of the stories regarding his early career are …Continue reading this entry

I first heard about this weird, fairly obscure volume in Scott McCloud’s ingenious book Understanding Comics. At the time, if McCloud said it was good or used it as an example of anything, I wanted to read it, but …Continue reading this entry