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After thirty days the answers drift — and that drift is the point. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/one-way-ticket https://www.elzary.dev/articles/one-way-ticket Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Spaceport Travel notes from the year I stopped planning return flights — and what that did to how I work. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/tokyo-swindlers https://www.elzary.dev/articles/tokyo-swindlers Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Cinema If people were truly good by nature, some people's evil has already outgrown what little good they have left. Don't pity the criminal just because you weren't the one he pushed into hell. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/burn-the-house-down https://www.elzary.dev/articles/burn-the-house-down Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cinema Don't watch it with a mystery-drama's logic and you'll feel much better. A story about how obsessing over your social-media image can turn you into someone else's idea of you. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/lets-get-divorced https://www.elzary.dev/articles/lets-get-divorced Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cinema You choose marriage to step into happiness — and you choose divorce for the same reason. A question even a divorce lawyer has to ask himself: what is marriage, really? https://www.elzary.dev/articles/black-mirror-s6 https://www.elzary.dev/articles/black-mirror-s6 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cinema The familiar Black Mirror is back. 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It leaves the bookstore behind but keeps its edge — stepping out of its comfort zone. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/cabinet-of-curiosities https://www.elzary.dev/articles/cabinet-of-curiosities Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT Cinema Eight episodes, each a different director and a different story. Not amazing, but the frames, the settings, and the little allegories in each are a treat. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/wednesday https://www.elzary.dev/articles/wednesday Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT Cinema More than the mystery, I loved watching her heart get pried open. Wednesday's whole essence is those cutting, spot-on remarks. https://www.elzary.dev/articles/black-panther-wakanda-forever https://www.elzary.dev/articles/black-panther-wakanda-forever Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT Cinema A film entirely in memory of T'Challa. 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