Welcome! This is my blog. Here are some posts I suggest starting with, before you inevitably binge my entire oeuvre:
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The red stuff glows
You should write because when you know that you’re going to write, it changes the way you live.…
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2024 Letter
After I had written what I thought to be an 80%-finished draft of this post, I by coincidence…
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Escape from dreamland
I've been sleeping poorly lately. I'll wake up every one to two hours throughout the night until…
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Ode to the Follower
No, not the IG kind A different follower have I in mind These days (all days?) we tend to exalt…
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A breath of fresh words
The essay "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell has stuck with me more than any…
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Alcohol as Chesteron's Fence
I seem to encounter a lot of people my age who refrain from drinking alcohol. (See appendix for why…
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Never Run Alone
I propose an addition to the Never Eat Alone [1] literary universe: Never Run Alone. The difference…
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I live for the Moment
When I'm watching a movie, or playing a video game, or attending a play, the majority of the…
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Apple Music is all I ever wanted
I quit Spotify recently and now subscribe to Apple Music. There was a time when I loved Spotify.…
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I prefer to bike
Recently my friend offered to give me a ride to our mutual destination. I said I was fine biking,…
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Measure words: hidden in plain sight
If I ask you for gum, I don't say "can you give me a gum", I ask for "a stick of gum". If we're…
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Voting is hard
No one ever seems to talk about how challenging it is vote in a democracy. I don't mean registering…
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Subway social
A big draw of living in New York is that you can get just about everywhere by subway, and you don't…
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RFC mentality
At work we have the concept of an RFC - a Request For Comments. It's most commonly used if you have…
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Hot take
I was hanging out with some people one time when someone suggested that as a game, everyone share…
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United Airlines flight "credit"
One of the benefits of having a blog is I can use it to publicly shame bad companies, right? United…
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In 2025 I am thankful for
Getting to move to New York this year Myself, my friends, and my family being in good health…