I've long turned up my nose at sermons and related forms of mass moralizing.| Melting Asphalt
[Note: if you prefer audio, you can listen to this essay narrated by Grognor on his excellent podcast Second Enumerations. —Ed.]| Melting Asphalt
"After this," says Morpheus to Neo in The Matrix, "there is no turning back."| Melting Asphalt
There's a meme, particularly virulent in educated circles, about how advertising works — how it sways and seduces us, coaxing us gently toward a purchase.| Melting Asphalt