My film of the year is the dark comedy Doomsdays. While this film was technically produced in 2013, it was new to me this year and that’s how I am qualifying its eligibility. The film is anxiously jarring in the first act, and really, it takes some effort on the viewer to embrace the destructive […]

The best book I read this year is Kant: On History which is a collection of resplendent essays by the most understated intellect in world history, Immanuel Kant.   A post shared by Joseph Hazani (@jhazani) on Nov 23, 2017 at 9:04pm PST   Kant summarizes the worldview and optimism of The Enlightenment by being its […]

I was a guest in (at least) 12 Airbnb’s this year. They ranged in stature from sharing a bathroom with the host to having a private 2 bedroom flat; in geographies from the Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic Northeast; in winter to summer. But none reached the level of charm as the “Eucalyptus Cottage” in […]

Since they haven’t announced a decision yet (that I know of), I wanted to throw my hat in the ring as to where Amazon will have its second headquarters: Las Vegas, NV. Amazon has a long-time working relationship with the state of Nevada, housing a very prominent master distribution center in Reno, NV for at […]