Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 60
April 6, 2021
A Shot In The Arm
For both myself and others.
April 5, 2021
The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails)
A look back at the most deliberately frustrating album ever made for popular consumption.
March 31, 2021
The Demon's Sermon
On "the world of demons" in Buddhist study, and other things in it that are routinely misunderstood.
What They All Deserved
On being daring in a story, without that being an excuse for cruelty.
March 28, 2021
A Peek Under The Hood
Some technical notes about the blog system I built here.
March 26, 2021
The Fault In Our Stars, And The Responsibilities Engendered Thereof
"I keep thinking," my friend said, "that if only I'd done more, we wouldn't be in this mess we're in now." Were they right?
March 25, 2021
Shoehorn Pt. 2: The Shoehorning
It's easily to write badly. It's even easier to write badly when everyone else gets away with it.
March 22, 2021
The Shoehorn And The Scissor
Two different ways of making a story complete in terms of what it addresses.
March 21, 2021
The Instinct To Pounce
On my long-honed sense of when something is rare and should be acquired, lest you never see it again.
March 19, 2021
The Not-David-Brooks Road To Character
Stephen Downes and a few wise words on the idea of "character".
