The Cold Liter

The Cold Liter is an experiment in lucid thinking: where analysis, autobiography, and language study converge. It’s a place for essays that stay curious even when the world goes numb.

I wonder…

*can pop music, poetry, or digital media function as living laboratories for linguistics?

*can linguistic literacy, or our ability to see language as constructed, liberate us from verbal taboos and fear-based control?

*what does linguistic conservation look like in a culture of constant noise?

recent posts:

  • Ravioli
  • It’s All Lipslap: How Kero Kero Bonito Turns Linguistics Into Pop
  • Zak B*g*ns
  • Against Apophenia: Linguistic Pattern Recognition as Structured Play and Mystical Insight
  • Filet-O-Flip: The Cognitive Puzzle of Hidden Connections

Town of Finding Out About the Love of God, Anne Carson


I had made a mistake.

Before this day.

Now my suitcase is ready.

Two hardboiled eggs.

For the journey are stored.

In the places where.

My eyes were.

Like a current.

Carrying a twig.

The sobbing made me.

Audible to you.

All Posts
  • Jan 2026

    Ravioli

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  • Oct 2025

    It’s All Lipslap: How Kero Kero Bonito Turns Linguistics Into Pop

    | More |: It’s All Lipslap: How Kero Kero Bonito Turns Linguistics Into Pop
  • May 2025

    Zak B*g*ns

    | More |: Zak B*g*ns
  • May 2025

    Against Apophenia: Linguistic Pattern Recognition as Structured Play and Mystical Insight

    | More |: Against Apophenia: Linguistic Pattern Recognition as Structured Play and Mystical Insight
  • Jan 2025

    Filet-O-Flip: The Cognitive Puzzle of Hidden Connections

    | More |: Filet-O-Flip: The Cognitive Puzzle of Hidden Connections
  • Nov 2024

    Day 1: No Bottled Starbucks Peppermint Mocha Iced Coffee

    | More |: Day 1: No Bottled Starbucks Peppermint Mocha Iced Coffee
  • Nov 2024

    Day 1: No Monster Energy

    | More |: Day 1: No Monster Energy
  • Nov 2024

    Day 1: No Mac and Cheese

    | More |: Day 1: No Mac and Cheese
  • Oct 2024

    Metatron at McDonald’s on Hollywood Blvd: A Celestial Study in Fast Food and Observation

    | More |: Metatron at McDonald’s on Hollywood Blvd: A Celestial Study in Fast Food and Observation

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