A Brit in America #7 – The Fourth
Faefyx weighs in with a perspective on living as a Brit in America on the Fourth of July, particularly in times when national injustice has become so visible.
A Brit in America #6 – Let Them Eat Cake
The duplicity of the American use of language knows no ends. I’ve ranted on here before about Guinness and tomatoes, and this is certainly in the same vein. However, given not only the magnitude of the disappointment perpetrated by this particular issue, but also the repeated occurrences in which I forget that it is a thing and make the same mistake again, I feel that it requires its own post.
A Brit in America #5 – Protests and Black Lives Matter
I am an immigrant to this country and this morning I woke up to find several messages on my phone from people in other countries checking that I am safe, some from people I have not spoken to in years.
Short Thoughts #2 – Strange Garnish
A few weeks ago I got into a disagreement with my partner. I had been thinking about the fact that in the Mid-West it is commonplace to place a slice of cheese on an apple pie. I wanted to take this to its logical conclusion.
The Virus
I am certain that this post has already been written several times over, but I feel the need to write my own. I’m angry. You should be too.
Short Thoughts #1 – Youtube Ads
Today I’m going to complain about YouTube Advertisements. Not that they exist (I’m sure plenty of people have already tackled that subject), I understand that …
New Site & Ventures
Faefyx announces their new site, the podcast they started in November 2019 with Charlyn, and their new “short thoughts” blog series.
A Brit in America #4 – Bugs!
I don’t like bugs. This is somewhat of a new development. Perhaps it would be more true to say that I don’t like bugs in America.
Podcasts. You Should Listen to Them.
The prevalence of podcasts must seem very strange to the generation that watched interest in radio steadily decline. However, in a lot of ways I …
A Brit in America #3 – Tomato/Tomato is the Least of Our Problems
In language, nuance abounds, but differences can be arbitrary and you can see the truth in the idea: “two nations divded by a common language.”