SCRAPS!

A question I’ve had over the years could only be answered through impossible means. To be clear, I graduated high school in 2008, meaning I came of age around the time the widely discussed “Golden Age of Television” was underway. That isn’t to say there weren’t great shows before and after this time capsule of a period, but there was now a decent argument to be made that the medium not only rivaled its film counterpart, but in many ways pushed past it by challenging what could happen within the confines of a serialized structure, even to the point of something like Lovecraft Country jumping from genre to genre by the hour. To summarize, this was a period of great discovery, and it’s impossible to think back on a more innocent time before people like Noah Hawley turned Legion into a superhero acid trip, or Bojack Horseman explored the dark recesses of humanity through a talking horse. Even shows like You’re the Worst pushed boundaries on what a sympathetic protagonist could look lik...

At long last, I have emerged from the hermetic lifestyle to give a quick update on where life has taken me. I apologize for not updating more, but a lot of attention has been on projects other than writing. Given that we are also coming off of Easter, there was planning around that and trying to find ways to make that day worthwhile. March Madness was on. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, the women’s division has been diluted enough that one finals team far exceeds the skill level of the other. It makes for boring basketball, and while I predicted that UCLA would take the trophy, it kind of felt like watching paint dry for 20 minutes of gameplay. Other than that, my Easter ended up being a fairly eventful day. We did egg hunting in the backyard, where the only downside was that it was muggy, so I wasn’t in the mood for doing the real spelunking work. I wanted an easy five minutes of in and out. Alas, it makes my family happy, so I can’t be mad about that. We also have acquir...