Odds 'n Ends
A quick update and status. Also, appreciation of my audience.
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The Long Arc, a journey of political weight
The Closed Loop
Series: The Closed Loop, Part 2 — Series Capstone - Bringing it all together
Geoff's Musical Musings
Music: Paul Gilbert - Acoustic
Paul Gilbert is one of my icons. I discovered him in the late 1990s, his work with Mr Big was eye opening, and that got me to look into his band Racer X, and from there, I was hooked. I have as much of his recorded music as I can
The Long Arc, a journey of political weight
The Broken Mirror and the Empty Toolkit
Series: The Closed Loop, Part 1
This Fucking Guy
Bill Ackman Runs Everything Like a Hostile Takeover, Including His Principles
Bill Ackman spent a year positioning himself as the conscience of American academia. Then his wife's dissertation came up. Turns out his standards have a bid-ask spread.
Glorious Garbage - Cinema to relish in its badness
Last Feature, Lights Up: The Death of the Grindhouse and the Afterlife That Nobody Planned
One last post, to document the end of this era, and why it is still relevant. And why I have so much of this physical media in my collection.
June 20, 2026 - Week in review
The roll up of the week of 6/13/2026's posts
Political Musing
The Wrong Voters (or why Rural voters are unreachable)
Thirty years of Real American outreach has produced one durable result: a very comfortable living for the people doing the outreach.
Political Musing
Performed Piety, Practiced Bullshit - Douthat v. Vance
JD Vance converted to Catholicism five years into his marriage to a woman who hasn't. Ross Douthat interviewed him about his faith and forgot to notice. Here's what legitimacy laundering looks like.
Political Musing
Unable, Unwilling, or Just Playing a Rigged Game?
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 3
The Boys are not Alright
The College-For-All Catastrophe
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 2 - College isn't really for everybody, but somehow that became the mantra.
Political Musing
The Art of the Deferral: Trump's Iran "Deal" and the Pattern He Can't Quit
Trump's Iran deal: photo op in Geneva, enrichment program in Tehran, blame pre-loaded onto Vance. The only thing missing is a Phase 2.