Tag: 2024
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On Emotional Durability
I have steadily become more enveloped into fashion tiktok. It started with a video walking through why old sweaters look (and were) of much better quality than fast fashion options nowadays. That Tiktoker even suggested search parameters on how to find great used sweaters on ebay, which I used to acquire my favorite sweater ever. … Read more
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On Receipts
If there was a part of myself that I could light ablaze with a flamethrower like it’s the monster from The Thing, it would be my dripping sentimentality. I’m the type of person who will hesitate for a moment to throw out obvious trash because it reminds me of a past time or a person.… Read more
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On Hubris
This one is a two part-er, part I is my original thoughts, and part II is my reflections after some emailing. Part I – written 8/28/2024 I’ve been thinking about something endlessly, toiling away at it in my mind until it nearly pushed me to the brink of total insanity. It’s about stolen valor. There… Read more
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On Grassroots Movements
[Intro]Woah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold onWoah, hold on One of the generalizations you can very accurately make about my generation is that we all like the idea of a “grassroots” effort. There’s this palpable love for the idea that people from different places bubble up through… Read more
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On Irony
A few months ago, I was hastily walking into Star Market to gather supplies for French Onion Soup – a dish I’d never made before – primarily to impress a certain girl. As I left my car, I was caught off guard by the sky over the parking lot. It was sprinkled with clouds, each… Read more
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On Time and Memory
Open up any politically motivated opinion section in this country right now and you’ll find lots of discussions of age and it’s effects on memory and decision making. I am just wise enough to know that I don’t have much of value to add to these particular discussions, but I have been thinking quite a… Read more
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On Obscure Excellence
I have a certain fascination with people who choose to become very good at obscure things – actually, the word is envy. I envy them. I always think of Zack Hample. Zack has decided to become the best in the world at catching baseballs. Was he masked up behind home plate, trying to catch sliders… Read more