https://nathanshumate.com I make things, and I make things up. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:26:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 21479399 https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-352/ https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-352/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:26:40 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=60204 ]]> https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-352/feed/ 0 60204 https://nathanshumate.com/the-bounceback-of-evil/ https://nathanshumate.com/the-bounceback-of-evil/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:13:02 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=59726 Two commemorations of note take place this week: The first anniversary of the public murder of Charlie Kirk. The 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I am not going to revisit the actual events themselves here; what I want to mull on is the aftermath. As the confirmation of Charlie’s death was reported on the...]]> https://nathanshumate.com/the-bounceback-of-evil/feed/ 0 59726 https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-rewatch-season-1-part-v/ https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-rewatch-season-1-part-v/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:58:41 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=59746 (I’ve decided to call this a “rewatch” rather than a “bingewatch” — it’s not really a binge when you’re only watching one or two episodes a week.) 1:10 Revenge is Sweet – Rebecca, a beautiful mortal woman (Vanity, Prince’s one-time squeeze — if we can’t cast rock stars, we’ll cast the rock-star-adjacent!), stalks Duncan with...]]> https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-rewatch-season-1-part-v/feed/ 0 59746 https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-351/ https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-351/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:08:09 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=59531 ]]> https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-351/feed/ 0 59531 https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iv/ https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iv/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:53:46 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=59144 1:8 Deadly Medicine – Duncan JUST SO HAPPENS to be almost killed in a hit-and-run, and it takes him clear until the ambulance deposits him in the ER and the doctor (Joe Pantoliano!!!) has already taken X-rays before his Immortal healing catches up. Duncan stumbles out when no one is looking, but Dr. Wilder had...]]> https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iv/feed/ 2 59144 https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-350/ https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-350/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:27:41 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=58938 ]]> https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-350/feed/ 0 58938 https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iii/ https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iii/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:15:13 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=58694 1:6 Bad Day in Building ‘A’ – Tessa goes to court to pay a bunch of parking tickets, with Duncan and Richie tagging along. Unfortunately, Seacouver apparently only has ONE court complex, so they’re taken as hostages when a career criminal being sentenced to life without parole engineers a breakout with his posse. Duncan maneuvers his...]]> https://nathanshumate.com/highlander-the-series-bingewatch-season-1-part-iii/feed/ 0 58694 https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-349/ https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-349/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:51:49 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=58491 ]]> https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-349/feed/ 0 58491 https://nathanshumate.com/criminal-justice/ https://nathanshumate.com/criminal-justice/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:58:41 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=58318 File this under “The Way Things Ought To Be Because Nathan Says So.” I think one of the major reasons for the conflicting arguments on goals and ends of criminal justice reform is that there’s a promise implicit in the very name that simply can’t be fulfilled. In other words: It isn’t really a “justice”...]]> https://nathanshumate.com/criminal-justice/feed/ 4 58318 https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-348/ https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-348/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:42:23 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=58101 ]]> https://nathanshumate.com/sketch-of-the-day-omnibus-post-348/feed/ 0 58101