Be of good cheer, little pup, for thou too in resurrection shall have a little golden tail. ~Martin Luther
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What ParentData Can Teach You (And What It Can’t)
A New Dad Finds a Phd Economist Turned Parenting Guru.
Another Week Ends: Rules and Shame Don’t Move the Needle
1. We got the call early in the morning. A Covid vaccine clinic an hour away in downtown Pittsburgh had a number of appointment cancellations. If we could drop everything and meet them at 3:00 p.m., my wife and I could have two defrosted Moderna shots that would otherwise go to waste. As my wife […]
When Grief Makes You the Villain: Last Week on WandaVision
My Own Take on the Show: The Unexpected Tears Rolling Down My Cheeks after the Finale
Another Week Ends: Grief and Gaming, the Hidden Devil, Embracing Humiliation, New Julien Baker, and Losing the Spelling Bee
Before we dive in, two big bits of Mockingbird news for you that dropped earlier this week. Pre-Registration is now open for #MbirdTyler21, and you can check out mbirdtyler.com for the latest info on our in-person-and-also-streaming gathering. Also, the latest Mockingbird podcast project, The Brothers Zahl, dropped this week. It’s a great introduction to the […]
Super Bowl Psychology, 2021 — What Our Advertisements Say About Us
For One Night, We Got to Watch Football and Receive the Gift of Escape, via Laughter and Sentiment.
Another Week Ends: Stolen Friendships, Gamer Stigma, Tiger Woods, Bipolar Prayers, and Martin Luther: Memelord
1. How can we not lead with this piece of delicious pop-history: Martin Luther would have ruled Twitter, via Dominion author (and hopefully one-day conference speaker) Tom Holland. Part of what made/makes Luther such a compelling theologian is his down-to-earth, shocking, relatable polemic. The man does not mince his words, which is either a testament […]
A Guide to Loving Your Conspiracy Theorist
On the Low Anthropology and Grace of Talking Across the Divide
Renounce Your Wish: The Low Anthropology of WW84
“Who Doesn’t Want to be Afraid Anymore? Or Alone? Or Frightened, or Powerless?”
Another Week Ends: Martin Luther’s Emails, Resilient Kids, Fresh Starts, Popped Pandemic Bubbles, and Joy with Parkinson’s
1. Every now and then, you get to start the weekender out with the humor section. This week’s gem from the New Yorker, “Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses, as E-mailed by Your Passive-Aggressive Co-Worker,” stole the show: FROM: Martin.Luther@vatican.org TO: All Vatican Staff Subject: A Quick Note Not to be that guy, and most of this […]
The Supporting Cast of Avatar’s Redemptive World
Toph, Azula, the Order of the White Lotus, and Others
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