Media Notes: Aug/Sept 2026

Check out As in guillotine... for more. In which I briefly comment on the books I read each month, so a few years from now when I’m trying to remember one of them, I’ll be able to find it here. Since I’m a media omnivore, it also includes games, movies, and any other media of note that I engaged with. (For the second time this year, I’m combining two months because it’s been that kind of year!) Do we have similar tastes, or will you be questioning how we ever got connected? Let’s find out! Books At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson A delightful ramble through (mostly British and American) history, sparked by each room in a typical house. Bryson is an engaging writer who has a love for tangents and an ear for peculiarities — including way too many stories involving rats! — but his conclusion is unexpectedly (and correctly) ominous. Reading this during our chaotic move in August simultaneously made me grateful for the relatively modern luxuries we enjoy and sometimes…