Wittgenstein, Shakespeare, and Cookie Monster

After a week-long odyssey of trying to understand how JS functions connect to other objects, namely where their prototype, __proto__ and con...

Stephen Sondheim just ripped Diane Paulus a new asshole. ( NY Times story ) Paulus is directing a Broadway revival of "Porgy and Bess,...

"If you choose to be an atheist, then..." "When you make the choice to believe in God, you..." I get confused when c...

Politics breaks problem solving -- or at least severely cripples it. Let's say that Sam is a guy who cares deeply about issues. He doe...

Start with the idea or topic at hand and... 1.  Step in and step back, step in and step back...  For instance, if the topic is abortion, thi...

In Fiction Writing 101, we learned that each element must move the story forward. I agree with this, but, on it's own, that dogma is too...

To start with, I will define a "story" as a linear narrative: a tale of "one damn thing after another." There are, of co...