Guns and Elmo

Hello, I'm John Pavlus.

This is my internet mood board. Click any entry to embiggen.

In real life I write about science, technology, and design. I also run a production company called Small Mammal.

(FAQ: The name comes from a brilliant photograph by Kenneth Cappello.)


"Only midwesterners will waste time over the grammar of small talk with you; nowhere else, when you ask, “Can I get an iced tea?,” does anyone ever say, “I don’t know…CAN you?"

I don’t know if that quip is actually true, but I am a midwesterner and I have indeed issued that kind of retort/rebuke (mentally, not verbally) on more than one occasion.

John Jeremiah Sullivan Reviews David Foster Wallace’s Last Novel, ‘The Pale King’ | www.gq.com | Readability

— 10 months ago