Fun

Some jokes that didn't make it into my Odyssey discourse article

and also bunnies

Jul 16 • Donna Zuckerberg

Myth Takes 2025 Gift Guide: So You Want to Start an Art Supplies Addiction

Hello, friends.

Dec 8, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

creative cross-training

I regret to say that learning to draw/paint might just make you a better writer

Jul 24, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

tarot decks that are definitely, 100% cursed

I’ve recently started pulling a tarot card every morning.

Mar 5, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

the most distressing subject line I've seen this year (so far)

2025 sure has felt like a long year, hasn’t it?

Feb 12, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

ancient Greek things I've seen on TV that haunt me

As a classical scholar, it’s important not to be too precious and pedantic about common mistakes with the material you’ve made it your life’s work to…

Jan 28, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

I regret to say that I like this "Iliad-inspired" deodorant

plus, some scholarly musings on how the Iliad smelled (ie: bad)

Jan 21, 2025 • Donna Zuckerberg

A Few of My Favorite Things

some splurges that take my mind off the state of the world and bring me joy

Oct 29, 2024 • Donna Zuckerberg

Sunday fun: you should be making collages out of stickers

creativity for those among us who can't draw for shit

Oct 6, 2024 • Donna Zuckerberg

Affirmations for Supervillains

Have you ever heard Snoop Dogg’s affirmation song?

Jul 9, 2024 • Donna Zuckerberg

What if those scary Roman dolphins... were actually orcas?

For the past four-ish years, a population of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar has developed what seems to be the cetacean version of a TikTok trend…

Jul 2, 2024 • Donna Zuckerberg

Gaze with me upon the horror that is AI's attempts to create a cute clumsy baby giraffe

Welcome, new readers!

May 24, 2024 • Donna Zuckerberg

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