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One email a week, a weekly Sam roundup. Whatever I posted, plus a note up top explaining what it was actually about — which is usually the part I care most about and the part that never makes it onto the blog.

Some weeks it's an essay. Some weeks it's a movie three of us argued about, a photo of my dog, a track I couldn't stop playing. Whatever comes in and out of my noggin.

Media Machinations
A running log on how media and politics impact people, usually starting from some self-reflection.
Tough Flicks
Monthly movie review. The old Toughington Post crew of John, Sean, and I each score a film out of 100 and dive into what we liked/didn't like and how we discovered the film. There's a running scoreboard
Everything else
Photographs, notes, music, and Tony, the fam.
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