Kyle GarretJun 163 minA Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 2: Magic Comes From PainWhat a silver fucking lining, right? It's kind of a tricky concept and one which is thrown around on the show with far too little explana...
Kyle GarretJun 152 minA Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 1: The Space BetweenWhen Quentin finds his way to Brakebills University, he has spent his life trying to reconcile two worlds, the one around him and the one...
Kyle GarretJun 83 minPoor some out for the parent shaming bloggersI don't know if you know this, but you should never, ever use a phone or any other piece of electronics around your children. They will t...
Kyle GarretMay 263 minThe Pandemic Is The First Time I've Ever Felt Bad About Being An IntrovertBeing an introvert has not, relatively speaking, caused that many problems for me. I have no doubt that I would be more successful as far...
Kyle GarretApr 24, 20195 minThere has to be more to The Magicians’ season 4 finaleWhere to even begin? I cried. I cried even though I “knew” that Quentin Coldwater’s death would not be permanent. Alice came back from th...
Kyle GarretSep 5, 20183 minMicro-inclusiveness: Raising a white boyNote: This is from a year ago. My son still has the same best friend. My son is four. He is as white as they come. His current cartoon fi...
Kyle GarretOct 24, 20172 minWhat I said when my son asked me what make-up wasI stopped myself. I almost answered with the first thing that came into my head, but made a change before anything came out of my mouth. ...
Kyle GarretAug 29, 20173 minI’m the worst artistI really am. I don’t mean artist as in a person who draws things. I mean artist as in person who creates art. Periodically, I think about...
Kyle GarretDec 20, 20166 minTrying to be SupermanI wrote this a few years ago, when our oldest son was only a few years old and when he was our only son, not our oldest. It's all still a...
Kyle GarretJul 5, 20164 minMy Awkward Association with Punk Rock Part 2I mostly ordered records from Subpop and Dischord, since I knew I liked the Afghan Whigs and I knew I liked Jawbox (although I'd first h...
Kyle GarretJun 30, 20163 minMy Awkward Association with Punk Rock Part 1Like most kids, I grew up listening to Top 40. I listened to Casey Kasem’s (and later, Rick Dees’) countdown show every Sunday, if I cou...
Kyle GarretJun 28, 20163 minDiscovering Hip Hop at 40Having kids leads to some strange changes in your life. Like listening to hip hop. I was born in the mid-70s, so suggesting that I’m a ch...
Kyle GarretJul 26, 20111 minAbout “I Pray Hardest…”After the attack on Pearl Harbor, eighteen-year-old Robert Stuart had a decision to make: keep working at the steel mill in Warren, Ohio...