by Jordan Dotson | May 10, 2022 | Good ol' fashioned rant
Alexander to Aristotle, greeting. You have not done well to publish your books of oral doctrine; for what is there now that we excel others in, if those things which we have been particularly instructed in be laid open to all? For my part, I assure you, I had rather... by Jordan Dotson | Jul 16, 2021 | Good ol' fashioned rant, Uncategorized
There’s a helluva distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words. …Dorothy Parker, in The Art of Fiction No. 13 from The Paris Review, which very well might be the funniest thing I’ve read... by Jordan Dotson | May 24, 2019 | Good ol' fashioned rant
I will argue until convinced otherwise that the greatest television show of all time is a children’s show, one that is also perhaps the greatest act of American storytelling in any medium of the last twenty years, and is also one that, I freely admit, I’ve... by Jordan Dotson | Apr 30, 2019 | Good ol' fashioned rant
Good guys lose the Battle of Winterfell. Nearly everyone dies. Jon, Dany, Arya, Sansa, Jaime, Tyrion, and Bran live (Bran only to later reveal that Night King was a victim whose people were slaughtered and whose humanity was stolen and who has suffered immortal human... by Jordan Dotson | Jan 5, 2018 | Good ol' fashioned rant
Snoke dies. Kylo says “We can end this, you and I. We can bring balance to the galaxy.” Ray hesitates, then takes Kylo’s hand, finding her “place in all of this.” Finn witnesses from off in the distance, and cries, and kills Phasma in... by Jordan Dotson | Aug 21, 2015 | Good ol' fashioned rant
Hurley’s population is estimated a bit above 3,000. On game nights, it can feel as if all of them are at The Cliff, a one-of-a-kind stadium where Smiley Ratliff Field is blasted out of rock. Behind one end zone, and behind most of one sideline, is sheer stone. You can...