White Elephant

Love Thy Neighbor

On the love and hatred of neighbor, blood feuds, the indignities of apartment living, and anger.

Mar 8, 2024 • 

Benji Mahaffey

6

January 2024

Kingdom Theory

On the compulsive taking of pictures, unjustifiable optimism, and the dark side of paternal love.

Jan 9, 2024 • 

Benji Mahaffey

4

3

December 2023

Do You See What I See?

On cynicism, the reason for the season, and Christmas miracles.

Dec 21, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

7

3

July 2023

Lilac Season

and other brevities.

Jul 9, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

5

2

May 2023

Gedankenexperiment

Galileo, Einsein, Benji: a rhetorical fugue.

May 24, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

2

April 2023

Life Eats Life

The perils of empathizing with food.

Apr 23, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

8

Elephemera #2: March 2023

Springing forward.

Apr 8, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

2

2

Natural Selection

A poem.

Apr 8, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

2

The Couch

Exorcising the defiled totem.

Apr 6, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

2

1

March 2023

Cosmic Microwave Background

Parenting in the aftermath of the Big Bang.

Mar 17, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

3

2

Elephemera #1: February 2023

Strictly inessential.

Mar 4, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

2

February 2023

1992

On death, grief, and the paradoxical consolation of afterlife.

Feb 28, 2023 • 

Benji Mahaffey

4

2