Archive - Commonplace Bert

What It's Like to Be Hired

even worse, promoted

Jun 24 •

Joel Cuthbertson

May 2025

Parenting is Not a Tech Incubator

Against the entrepreneurial spirit

May 28 •

Joel Cuthbertson

reasons for writing

May 20 •

Joel Cuthbertson

the culture war is always about children

not a culture war post

May 13 •

Joel Cuthbertson

March 2025

You Should Read David Foster Wallace

if i have to, so do you

Mar 26 •

Joel Cuthbertson

January 2025

cold takes only

Jan 23 •

Joel Cuthbertson

November 2024

The Land of the Living

on aging and Oklahoma

Nov 13, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

October 2024

Oh, Look! An Abyss!

on Christian Wiman and i guess depression

Oct 15, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

July 2024

The Beauty of the House

on Susanna Clarke's Piranesi

Jul 30, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

March 2024

The Great American Navel-Gazing

a short rant; a great story collection for kids

Mar 27, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

All Shall Be Sublimed

notes on Sayaka Murata

Mar 8, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

Overthinking Tolkien

Mar 4, 2024 •

Joel Cuthbertson

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