Articles by Jonathan Gourlay

arts 12.17.10 Fear and Gaming: Muumuu

Jonathan Gourlay plays the game Braid, a platformer about time travel and regret.
arts 11.15.10 To the Newbies, To Make Much of Time

Who needs Kierkegaard or Sartre when you have Civilization 5? Jonathan Gourlay thinks about videogames as modern philosophical texts.
personal 09.20.10 Shirley, You Can’t Be Serious

Jonathan Gourlay is white, and all of his students are black. What’s the one word he shouldn’t say?
travel 07.30.10 Nowhere Slow: A Spell of Remembering, Woven in Eight Leaves

In the final entry of his series from Pohnpei, Jonathan Gourlay encounters the island’s devious ailments and powerful cures.
travel 06.11.10 Nowhere Slow: Sweet Nights at the Coral-Dredging Site

It isn’t a good idea, but Jonathan Gourlay plays with the Queen of Hearts on the island of Pohnpei.
travel 05.14.10 Nowhere Slow: The Guy Who Bit His Finger Off

Jonathan Gourlay learns the subtle art of cultivating one’s reputation on Pohnpei.
travel 04.16.10 Nowhere Slow: An Introduction to Some Ghosts on the Road

Memories of family, murderers, and rust haunt Jonathan Gourlay.
travel 03.24.10 Nowhere Slow: A Song from the First Heaven

Jonathan Gourlay smells sweet as he sits half naked at the center of a feast house on the island of Pohnpei.
travel 02.24.10 Nowhere Slow: A Dirty Dictionary

Jonathan Gourlay begins to lose himself at a sakau market on Pohnpei, but is saved by a slap.

travel 01.27.10 Nowhere Slow: Try Me First, Eat Me Later

Jonathan Gourlay engages in deep, penetrating discussion at a sakau bar.
travel 12.28.09 Nowhere Slow: A Slice of Ripe Tomato, Lightly Salted

Jonathan Gourlay tries to count in Pohnpeian but never gets past “one.”
travel 12.04.09 Nowhere Slow: The Great Public Bus in the Sky

Jonathan Gourlay takes Continental Micronesia from Honolulu to Pohnpei in Micronesia.