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All Writing Advice is Bullshit: A Manifesto

All writing advice is bullshit. Present aphorisms included. It’s all bullshit, you know it’s all bullshit, and you keep reading this, that, and the other piece of writing bullshit to feel better about writing and/or bullshitting or to make you think that you will feel better about writing. Bullshit. The…

Writing

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All Writing Advice is Bullshit: A Manifesto
All Writing Advice is Bullshit: A Manifesto
Writing

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Dec 26, 2020

Subscription-ed to Death

When Netflix and Spotify first emerged, my barely post-adolescent self was ecstatic — a low-cost way to binge on music and movies. I could fill all those empty hours and late nights with a seemingly endless stream of content, a much-needed diversion from perusing the DVD racks at home for…

Subscription

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Subscription-ed to Death
Subscription-ed to Death
Subscription

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Feb 23, 2019

On Political Nihilism

There comes a time in every citizen’s existence that we each become susceptible to the creeping (but warm) fog of political nihilism. The transition starts from the sort of “lesser of two evils” thinking that so often characterizes elections to phrases like “Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic”; “The system…

Politics

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On Political Nihilism
On Political Nihilism
Politics

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Oct 13, 2018

The erosion of supremacy.

While I was unsurprised by Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, like many, I was disheartened. Once again, privilege and political gamesmanship won, and the rest of us lost. The pillars of supremacy still stand tall. Many rejected Dr. Balsey Ford’s testimony out of hand, with senator and layman alike confusing the standard…

Politics

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The erosion of supremacy.
The erosion of supremacy.
Politics

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Jul 2, 2018

You and I are the most tragic aspect of Kennedy’s retirement.

I admit to being shocked and then crestfallen at the announcement of Justice Kennedy’s retirement. Despite passionately disagreeing with his vote in Citizens United, I was ecstatic at his opinion in Obergefell, finally opening the door to marriage equality. His “swing vote” as we have come to see it, was…

Supreme Court

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You and I are the most tragic aspect of Kennedy’s retirement.
You and I are the most tragic aspect of Kennedy’s retirement.
Supreme Court

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Jun 29, 2018

The difference between “civility” and civility.

Sarah Sanders’s recent expulsion from the Red Hen in Lexington, VA has prompted a rather extremist debate about the nature of civility. One side clamors that this signals the end of decency amongst civilized but politically opposed people; the other says civility be damned, we’re living in less-than-civil times. …

Politics

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The difference between “civility” and civility.
The difference between “civility” and civility.
Politics

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Aug 18, 2017

Charlottesville and the desperation of mediocrity

Watching the angry mob of mostly white men descend on Charlottesville with tiki torches to protest what they believe is an affront to their identity has been, well, perplexing. Not because I lack awareness about Neo-Nazis still lurking in the midst of our society a la spy-sleeper-cell-organization kind of thing…

Racism

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Charlottesville and the desperation of mediocrity
Charlottesville and the desperation of mediocrity
Racism

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Aug 2, 2017

Robert Pirsig was riding around in circles

After his recent passing, I spent two weeks re-listening to the audiobook version of Robert Pirsig’s perennial classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If you haven’t read/listened to it, drop whatever you’re doing, borrow it from your local library, Amazon, or wherever and put it on your shelf…

Books

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Robert Pirsig was riding around in circles
Robert Pirsig was riding around in circles
Books

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·Jul 18, 2017

I can hate my body if I want to

I’ve been skinny my entire life. Have never struggled with weight gain. At every milestone where people get fatter, e.g., the “freshman 15” of college or the potbelly one is supposed to derive merely due to the fact that nuptials have taken place, has not only missed me, but seems…

Health

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I can hate my body if I want to
I can hate my body if I want to
Health

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Jul 10, 2017

FOMO re: Death

Just about everyone who has spent an evening with me has, at some point, accused me of being an old man. Back troubles aside, they’re quite correct. When 8:30 pm rolls around, I start to feel the haze creep into the back of my skull like the fog that lingers…

Sleep

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FOMO re: Death
FOMO re: Death
Sleep

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