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I’m done. No more columns. No more editorials. No more stress sweat on Sunday night, with no words of worth on a page and time growing short. Forget words of…
Glog it up, the end is near
It’s time for a celebration. There’s never been a better time. It’s the holiday season and, to boot, civilization as we know it, according to many of the writers of…
Be a pro: practice, practice, practice
Where do I go from here, Karl? I’m asked this question by fresh-faced high school grads, by people with advanced degrees in the humanities who are working the drive-thru window,…
Table for one … and the table’s not real
“Mr. Plato. We have a reservation for Mr. Plato. Plato …table for ONE.” He’s back. He keeps returning, like a ghost haunting my intellectual house. Like an infection. And this…
Clicking along at breakneck speed
The room is dark. I’ve got the covers pulled up to my chin, my arms are at my sides, my eyes are wide open. I’ve got the old thinking cap…
Beware the mirror, and the mirror effect
Beware the mirror. Don’t panic, there’s no symbolic meaning here; you don’t need to do any intellectual heavy lifting. I’m referring to real mirrors, regular mirrors, those reflective things you…
The Flutaphone Dialectic: a remedy
Ever have one of those moments when, brain train derailed by an unexpected obstacle, you stumble on a mnemonic connection that illuminates something about the way you are put together,…
I Promyse, it’s Truli a Marvelous thing
“What are you going to name him?” “You’ll have to wait until he’s born. I’m not revealing anything until then.” My youngest daughter, Ivy, the Queen of Suspense, is about…
Indulge … and get rid of the goofy hat
Leftovers. The place: the produce section at our supermarket here in Siberia With a View.. I am examining an eggplant, when she appears next to me. She’s wearing a plaid…
Setting sail for a new way of life
I’m well into a sixth decade on this crusty and ever-weirder orb. I’m far past middle age and not thrilled about it (contrary to what the perversely optimistic among us …
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