John McCoy – Pathetic Fallacy
a man, no plan, no canal| Pathetic Fallacy
In spite of being a tiny town surrounded by endless fields of corn and soybeans, Eureka, Illinois used to have a small movie theater, the Woodford, whose Art Deco stylings dated to 1937. It had onc…| Pathetic Fallacy
We all have favorite books that we re-read compulsively when we’re sick; or favorite movies which we can’t help but watch again while channel surfing, even though we own the five-disc c…| Pathetic Fallacy
When I was a kid the second-most fascinating book on my parents’ shelves was the small pamphlet whose prosaic title was “Revised U.S. Edition of the Official Royal Canadian Air Force E…| Pathetic Fallacy
1 post published by John McCoy during September 2025| Pathetic Fallacy
From 1974 until 1977, when I was between six and nine years old, my dad was the minister at Youngstown, Ohio’s First Christian Church. This was a position which came with some strange perks: …| Pathetic Fallacy
A Facsimile Edition; with commentary by the author I published the first edition of this commentary in 1997, having just learned how to code HTML from a disreputable Usenet post. The website that this work first appeared on, ungh.com, has long ago evaporated with the rest of the Web 1.0. Recently, however, I recalled the … Continue reading "The Early Writings of John McCoy (2nd edition)"| Pathetic Fallacy
Boston is a great place for cemeteries. If you visit our fair city as a tourist and walk the Freedom Trail, which is the red-brick line that connects downtown Boston’s and Charlestown’s…| Pathetic Fallacy
Another Blog You're Not Reading.| Pathetic Fallacy
Header image: S.O. Grimes general store, Westminster, Md., c. 1900. Image via Library of Congress. Another day, another shot fired in the culture wars: this time, the internet is losing its collect…| Pathetic Fallacy
