I’ve been busy in 1983 for the last couple of weeks, working on this thing that I thought would be about 3000 words, but is now ten times that, and isn’t as close to being finished as I thought.
Yesterday, I worked really hard to get out not a lot of words (under 400), but that’s okay, because I was working on a scene that’s...
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I’m part of a very small, private, online group of runners who share training tips, race experiences, encouragement and advice. We’re a diverse group of men and women of all ages (I think I’m one of, if not the oldest), but we all have a common goal: stay fit, and run more.
One of the women in the group, who I will call E, introduced...
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This thing I started writing a few weeks ago, which was supposed to be part of a short story collection, has completely taken on its own life, and instead of being a quick 3500 word thing about a single event, it’s become (as of today) a little over 21,000 words about the fragility of friendship, and what that means when we’re at that weird time...
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It is, according to scientifically-proven math, eleventy million degrees outside. To escape the heat, Anne and I went to the beach today.
It was just gorgeous. The air was significantly cooler at the beach than it was when we got into our car, the water was warm and clear, and though the beach wasn’t particularly crowded (it is the middle of the week in September,...
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I opened the window in my office, and moved my desk next to it. It’s hot outside, but there’s a gentle breeze that cools the air just enough to be comfortable when it comes through the screen. It’s quiet in my neighborhood today, except for a lawnmower up the street, and I can hear the occasional train go by, up near the river.
I read...
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It took me until late last night to feel like a normal person. My stomach was sick until around 8 pm, at which point my whole body experienced this weird flood of warmth and relaxation that spread down my extremities over roughly twenty minutes. It was very strange.
I wonder if maybe I had a touch of food poisoning, because I ate a little bite...
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I've stayed up way past my bedtime for three nights in a row, and the last two nights involved lots of loud places and trying to talk to friends in them. I guess maybe I'm dehydrated or something? Because I feel like absolute garbage. My stomach hurts, I have a headache, I'm exhausted, and I keep feeling nauseated. I'm drinking water and emergen-c and electrolytes,...
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Chuck Tingle: one bright spot in the darkness that is 2016.
This is the dumbest thing I've ever made, but it's amusing as hell to me. It's an art project based on my Pretentious Bullshit Collection posts on Instagram. It will be MASSIVELY AND OUTRAGEOUSLY OVERPRICED and extremely limited, because that's super pretentious.
It will likely go on sale FOR A LIMITED TIME this week.
Either something in our air is poking my allergies with a pollen-covered stick, or I’m coming down with some sort of stupid summer cold. Either way, I’m am SO OVER having a headache, sneezing my face off, and feeling like I’m going to suffocate when I’m trying to sleep.
The only thing that’s working at all is Benadryl, which is fine when I go to...
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I wrote this yesterday. Since it was published, I've read a lot of columns from people who had the same thoughts I did, more or less, with one significant difference: a consensus has emerged that Trump knew exactly what he was doing, exactly what he was saying, and that this wasn't just what he thought was a joke. Trump has a documented history of inciting...
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