'A Spoonful of Dread'

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An Ode to 'Bullshit Jobs'
After David Graeber’s death, I posted a quote from his book Bullshit Jobs to my Twitter account. It skewered the absurdity of how we’ve come to…
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The Five of Pentacles
I used to have a secret admirer or stalker depending on which way you want to look at it, that would send envelopes stuffed with dried flowers or those…
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An Eye for A Sleepy Eye
A fight over a bus window. Though it was frosty outside and they were sopping wet with condensation, I wanted to crack one open to let out the stench of…
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The Civility Myth
The springs had broken under the nook of the sofa that I’d claimed as mine while it dawned that Trump was going to win the 2016 Presidential race. But I…
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The Glue Factory
I am not prepared for this level of intimacy. I haven’t had the level three regime of pampering that would put me at ease to be in this position…
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When The Lights Go Out
“Solitude is the luxury of the rich.” I think that’s by Camus or maybe from a fortune cookie. Either way, it’s a line I like to quote. Solitude has…
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Halcyon Dial-up Days
Before the arrival of our family’s first computer, I had been manic to the point of hyperventilating. It was bought, we thought, in an ‘off the back of…
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'A Spoonful of Dread'
'A Spoonful of Dread'

'A Spoonful of Dread'

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