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Digressive
One time, when I was a kid, my parents took me and my brother to the beach. We did the usual beach stuff. I built a sand castle. It wasn’t a very good one, but then I didn’t really know what I was...
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Happy From a Distance
I would never begrudge someone their enjoyment of their own success; I’m quite happy being happy for other people. However, sometimes, when someone busts into the room on their purple, rainbow-pooping,...
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Life Will Surprise You
After stumbling out of bed, stumbling to the bathroom, and stumbling up to the mirror, I had my first coherent thought of the day, which was this: “Jeez, my face is big. Too big, really.” I am...
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The naked wrist
Habits are powerful things (at least, they are in my case; I don’t know what your life is like). I was reminded of this recently, when the battery in my wristwatch died. I’ve spent the past couple of...
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Blah celebration
Boring festival brings unexpected intrigue | Life and style | The Guardian. A conference to celebrate boring stuff? I wish I were there — instead of watching the rain trying to destroy my house. Things...
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Notes on the Dickens Fair
I went with a friend to the Dickens Fair this past weekend; if you’ve got a spare $25 handy and like Victorian mummery, it’s not a bad place to hang out. There’s shows and random, wandering actors and...
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Putting it Out There
I was just about overtaken with moodiness this morning. I was most definitely not projecting my desires out into the universe; rather, I had almost completely shut down. And yet, I found ten bucks just...
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Groundhog’s Day Land
Loooook, I like Disneyland as much as the next person, but the thought of going there every day for a year sounds like a living hell. I’m glad the couple in the article enjoyed it and everything, but...
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Metaphlops
I do not feel very sharp and focused, right now. My brain is like a wrung-out sponge — except, wait, no. It doesn’t feel ready to soak up anything new. So, not a sponge then, nor a rag, nor anything...
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Squeeze in a Little Quiet
Some days, you just want the world to shut up. You overhear somebody talking about some dumb sporting event, or a dumb new movie, or you hear the phrase, “Some ‘Guy Fieri’ sort of thing,” and you...
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Minimum requirements
Last week, it seemed like all anybody at the office could talk about was the latest season of Arrested Development. And why not? It’s a good show, and its resurrection was something of a miracle, and...
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An Old Familiar Air
While walking home from the bus stop this evening, I noted a curious, familiar scent. The rain had stopped, the sun was peeking through the clouds, and the world was suffused with the odor of wet and...
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Back to the grind, grinding it up
Gah! It’s back to work after four days of blissful non-paid work. Oh well. I’ve got nothing, really, so here’s a story about “The Physics Behind Waterslides.” Filed under: Short Tagged: randomness,...
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I’ve been sick
I have spent the last four days adrift in bed, periodically checking in with NPR, and generally feeling buffeted and useless. Body-aches and a head full of mucilage have not contributed to my ability...
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The World’s Too Big
I’ve been having trouble writing things the past couple of weeks. A lot of this might have to do with the fact that I’ve been feeling kind of shitty as a result of a massive cold, and the inevitable...
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Say…
… this new theme is QUITE SHOUTY, ISN’T IT? WHY ALL CAPS POST TITLES?Filed under: Short Tagged: randomness
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Maybe I Should Check the Lost and Found
Look, all I know is that when I got on the bus after work last night, I had an idea for a post — but when I got home and checked my brain, it was gone. I don’t know how it happened. I’m not laying all...
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Fun Age
The other day I saw a comment on Reddit that asked, “Is being an adult fun?” I didn’t respond to it then (because I never comment on Reddit), but I think that yes, of course it’s fun. For example, this...
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Lost Weekend
I did not have a lot of items on my to-do list last weekend, but damn; I got practically nothing done. I meant to buy some shoes, but what the hell is going on with shoes, these days? Why do they look...
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Getting Better at Something
As soon as I saw a link that said, “The Man With the Yellow Hat Goes to Therapy,” I thought to myself, “I’ll bet that’s a piece on McSweeney’s.” And I was right! I’m not sure what this says about...
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