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Or why I just can't quit my newspaper habit

Jul 15

Or how this appliance commercial reveals the lies of modern America

Jun 10

or why scarcity is almost always a lie

May 19

or why the alarm clock goes off at 6 now

May 6

Or why we have to decide what we want if we're ever going to figure out how to get there

Apr 22

Or the way my brain can sometimes feel like a very slow relay race, one idea passing the baton to the next

Apr 8

My son is fourteen. He is beautiful and hilarious and smaller than all his friends and half-convinced he might not ever grow. He is so bright, so engag…

Apr 2

even if it's just one weak, misguided punch at a time

Mar 18

Or why small changes are sometimes not enough

Mar 10

or an allegory about why I hate APs

Feb 26

Which is not the same thing as "just barely hanging on," which is a thing many of us are feeling these days, I know, and which I probably cannot help w…

Feb 25

Or whatever would be the opposite of Must See TV

Feb 18

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