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What to do about IQ
American soldiers taking the Army Alpha Test. Source: US National Archives.
I was administered an IQ test when I was a kid. All I can remember is a nice lady in a green room who asked me how far I thought China was from here. I guessed fou...
Small Talk Is King
From the Library of Congress: Talking on porch of small store near Jeanerette, Louisiana, 1938
It was considered common knowledge that this particular lawyer was a mean lady.
I had gotten a job as a runner at her law firm due to what I t...
Un-Shrinking Your Head
What I always most look forward to about air travel are the seemingly mystical experiences I have in those liminal spaces.
Like a mother after childbirth, I always seem to forget that the first few hours are torture. I miss my routine, my...
Slop Suggests the Existence of Its Opposite
I’ve met a shocking number of people who became religious or spiritual after a horrifying personal experience of evil. They all say almost the same line: After that, I knew for sure evil was real, so I realized its opposite must also exist....
Only God Can Judge Me
If you want to know what the ancient Greeks believed, you should read The Iliad. If you want to know what Americans believe, you should go to the cheapest local barber.
I suppose if time travel were available to you, you could skip The Ili...
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Cajun Catholic. Southern Gothic. Studied philosophy, worked in Silicon Valley, now I'm back in Louisiana. Reality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful.
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