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Category Archives: Miscellania
Black Lives Matter
“You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or … Continue reading
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Newsletter signup reminder
I’m putting one out once a month, with a roundup of stuff I’ve written and other things I think are cool and worth sharing. Here’s the signup page if you’re interested. Thank you for stopping by here – I truly … Continue reading
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“If you want to make characters sound insane, you can do worse than infect their speech with adverbs.”
I love Christian Lorentzen’s writing, in general, and get excited to hear his thoughts on pretty much anything. I loved his recent piece, In Defense of Pretentiousness (“Those who remember me as an adolescent in small-town Massachusetts likely recall an … Continue reading
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La Marseillaise
And this too. One World Trade, in the spot where the Twin Towers used to be, last night. The colors of France.
Terrible Times
What a terrible and sad day yesterday. So angry. You can donate directly to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church through a button on their homepage.
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“His” “Her”, etc.
My great friend Alexandra Billings weighs in beautifully on the Bruce/Caitlyn thing over at the Huffington Post. As we figure this out, all of us together, let’s try to keep in mind that the beautiful part of you is always … Continue reading