Tag: August

Personal Interlude: “August Blues and Their Mitigations”

So What’s Going On Behind the Curtain? (Remember how, in the days of standard episodic television before streaming and binging, many dramas and some comedies would give a thumbnail update starting with “Previously on…”, flashing scenes so fast that people starting midway through a season or story were more confused than before? Well, that’s what this newsletter is like. Look at these as regular updates of how the sausage is…

St. Remedius Radio: “Pray For Monday”

Monday Isn’t The Worst Day of the Week (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) In most places in the world, the day of the week most dreaded in the Gregorian calendar is Monday. Monday means a return to stasis after a weekend of wild. Nobody sings songs about their joy of getting up on a Monday morning, not the way they sing about the impending weekend….