Meditations
Apr 24, 2023
Essays
I started writing this when I was 19. I had less chill then, was prone to imagining that hardness would allow me to be what I wanted
The Numinous, Trauma, and What Comes After
Aug 2, 2021
Essays
Imagine you see a UFO. It doesn’t have to be a UFO, but Something that doesn’t fit in your worldview: light(s) in the sky not following all the
En Memento Mori: Life in the Perma-Covid
May 30, 2021
Essays & Blog
Let us begin here, in what is the source of ancient & eternal wisdom: you will die. Unless you pin your hopes on some manner of transhuman excess or
Fatherhood – 6 Years
Aug 2, 2020
Essays
Let me begin, my daughter thrives (even now) and nothing makes me happier. And while I believe that, today, I don’t have the certainty of that I
Soul Retrieval
Dec 6, 2019
Essays
I grew up in the library. I was -in large part- raised by books… for much of my life I marinated in books, I inhaled them. They were some of my
Burning Man 2019 - Going it Alone
Nov 3, 2019
Essays & Travel
Note: This piece was heavily edited for a bunch of reasons. If the transition worked, I just cut the bit but you may occasionally see [Redacted]. If
On the Limits of Relationships
Oct 9, 2019
Essays
The ‘Dunbar Number’ is a figure that purports to be able to determine –by looking at primate neo-cortex proportions- how large a particular
Composing a Life
Jun 9, 2019
Essays
On an episode of one of my favorite podcasts ‘On Being’ I heard the guest speak about ‘composing a life.’ I appreciated this metaphor; so often it’s
A Review of Desert X
Mar 20, 2019
Essays & Travel
Let’s begin here; attending Desert X was a phenomenal daytrip and the most ambitious artist’s date I’ve ever taken. If you’re unfamiliar, Desert X
Fatherhood - 4 and a Half Years In
Jan 20, 2019
Essays
It is an extreme pleasure to start this essay, as I been able to start all these fatherhood essays, that my
Scare-People & False Signifiers
Jan 14, 2019
Essays
In my apartment’s laundry, there is what appears to be a security camera (it might be fake). Someone has placed a crumpled sticker over the plastic
Pilgrimage to the Center: Burning Man 2018
Oct 3, 2018
Travel & Essays
Of all the cultural and tribal identities that have accreted to me like barnacles, the one I am most comfortable with, the one that fits best is
ScreenWorld
Apr 4, 2018
Essays
Plato imagined a cave of untruths, chained captives captivated by flickering shadows on the wall. Marshall Mcculan said the medium is the message
Fatherhood: Three Years In
Sep 25, 2017
Essays
On July 30th my daughter -Elliott Rose Perkins- turned three. On September 12th, she attended her first day of pre-school. Milestones like these
Pokémon Go and the Invitation to Play
Nov 5, 2016
Essays
I considered –briefly- writing an essay about why I’m not playing Pokémon Go despite it seeming to be nearly perfectly designed to appeal to me: a
An Invitation to the Burner Scene
Oct 4, 2016
Essays & Travel
Dear John; You are 29, and for the last few months your dear friend has been inviting you to house parties, camp outs, and other events of a
Fatherhood 22 Months In
May 1, 2016
Essays
When it comes to parenthood, first and foremost let me say my daughter thrives and nothing makes me happier. I recently reread my earlier essays
3 Things I Learned Wearing “Women’s” Pants
Apr 13, 2016
Essays
So, first things first, there’s nothing particularly ‘womanly’ about the bright blue pants I picked up while thrifting (which are perfect as a base
Fatherhood: Seven Months In
Apr 2, 2015
Essays
TLDR - I Like it, it’s hard sometimes, but it’s helping me become a better person and I love my daughter. Long Version If what my mother modeled for
Monogamish
Mar 9, 2015
Essays
It is the 9th day of March in the year 2015 and as I write these words, I am deeply in love and lust with my wife, someone with whom I
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Frankenstein, Lex Luthor, and the Hobbled Genius in Fiction
May 4, 2012
Essays
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Frankenstein, Lex Luthor and the Hobbled Genius in Fiction I dig me some supervillains, but of all their tropes and flavors I