Sean McDevitt

Essays

Longer writing every Saturday.

Some weeks, the topic finds me. Other weeks, I have to go looking for it. Either way, it ends up here.

If you only read one: The Noticing Is the Love. What my wife sees that I don't.

If you want to know what I'm like: I Should Hate Football. I have a good reason to not like football, but it hasn't stopped me.

If you've ever loved a band a little too much: KISS Alive! at 50. You wanted the best, you've got the best.

If you've ever been the one everybody yells at: Umpin' Ain't Easy. Everybody hates the umpire.

If you've ever stood in front of a flower cooler trying to get it right: The Flowers We Buy. Why the gesture still counts when everyone knows it's a gesture.


The Uncredited

Several years ago, on a vacation in Door County, I walked into a little radio control shop in Ephraim with no plan beyond killing a few minutes. Every hobby shop feels the same. Tires hang on pegs …

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Ignorant versus Stupid

Almost twenty years ago, John Scalzi had a couple of observations that I found incredibly interesting: People who don’t know what they’re talking about don’t like to have that fact pointed about, …

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The Queue

Last Tuesday night I sat down with every intention of watching The Mandalorian and Grogu. I love Star Wars. I've loved it since I was a kid. But I didn't see this one in the theater, and it landed on …

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