Archive - Almanac of Oddities

Addicted to Excellence

A few weeks ago I finished Infinite Jest.

Aug 19 •

Dallas Taylor

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Art Won't Save Us, But Construction Workers Might.

Fantastic Four: First Steps, Project Hail Mary, and Abundance: the new thesis of Utopian Science Fiction.

Aug 8 •

Dallas Taylor

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July 2025

But How Do We Know That Dinosaurs Looked Like That?

Dispatches from a grown-up Dinosaur Kid who is apt to trap you in an hours long tour of the dinosaur section of the American Museum of Natural History.

Jul 16 •

Dallas Taylor

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June 2025

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