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rare is this feeling
rare is this feeling when tears come like water
from the stream
and i feel them so much that even my judgement of them means nothing
“so much”
i say in my daughter’s voice
“ i love them so much” she says, about everything
her p...
i have a fear of i know not what
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i have a fear of i know not what
not a fear of not knowing, though i have that too, obviously,
but of starting to write,
of finishing,
publishing,
doing the thing because of what may come.
it’s weird to admit this, given how...
this is what we're doing now
Vintage 1940s Soviet Child Portrait Photo from etsy
that’s how it goes with toddlers.
you do one thing and...that’s it.
that’s it, forever.
you will never do anything else because don’t you see, dada, this is what we’re doing now.
this...
let's talk about ai, baby
On Feb 23, 2023 - almost three years ago to the day, I wrote ‘can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about ai.’
My, how the turns have tabled.
It is the year of our lady 2026 and have not, kindly nor otherwise, shut the fuck up about AI....
do i secretly love all the things i hate?
Self-Portrait with Masks, James Ensor (1899)
What if you secretly love all the hard things in your life?
That’s the core idea of Carolyn Elliott’s Existential Kink, a book recommended after a 3AM WhatsApp chat in which I complained abou...
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a dude described my writing as "if Hunter S. Thompson was a dad" and I think that's pretty good
My book, HUMOR ME: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected and Happy, is out now!
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