Me too. I think there’s an element where we want to feel like that even at our worst we’re still redeemable. I mean, at least we’re not a professional killer.
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Me too. I think there’s an element where we want to feel like that even at our worst we’re still redeemable. I mean, at least we’re not a professional killer.
Hard. Same. Most of my therapy these days is figuring out how to let that gooey emotional blob inside me run free while still protecting it enough to avoid catastrophic heartbreak. Again.
Dammit. That was supposed to be a secret.
This is the only thing giving me hope. They can’t help themselves and they’re just going to continue shooting themselves in the foot as much as they can. The hope is Democrats manage to shoot themselves slightly fewer times.
The worst part is those “headwinds and uncertainty“ are almost entirely self inflicted and didn’t need to happen.
“The US economy has LOST jobs since April 2025. Total job gains since from May 2025 to February 2026 are now -19,000,” Navy Federal chief economist Heather Long wrote. “Companies are not hiring in the face of all of these headwinds and uncertainty. And even healthcare is starting to slow down.”
Yes! And plays and poetry and comic books. Also look at art and listen to music and see live theater And puppet shows and drag shows. Experience all of the arts and let yourself be immersed and inspired.
This is especially true with breaking news and local tragedies or events that become national news. Its rarely the NYT or WaPo that get it right and quickly, it’s the beat reporters from metro papers that do it and they don’t really have the same potential newsletter audiences.
This requires a longer bit of writing to really explore, but in our society we talk about “the dignity of work”, and that’s a mistake. People, I think, don’t emotionally crave *work*, they crave to *make*. To make a change in the working some individually pleasing way, physical, emotional, social.
Alvin
Simon
Theodore
Dave
Front cover of the Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote.
This is my favorite novel of all time and really explains so much about who I am. I ordered a replacement copy and just popped quickly into the prologue, which is such a brilliant and hilarious takedown of the pomposity of authors that could easily be published in McSweeny’s today and be relevant.
How the Story Goes by Andrew Forrester.
Despite life being a bit of a shitshow lately, I’ve been on an epic reading streak and this is one of the best. It’s got a very Emily Henry/ Matthew Norman vibe. It’s not a thriller but has fantastic pacing that reminds me of Peter Swanson. Thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social for the early read.
This looks amazing. Also, just requested it from Netgalley (hint hint).
Our entire economy is powered by a bunch of Kramers.
I fervently believe that the only way we free ourselves is to embrace a tangible retro future. Walk your dog. Write a book (draft in a notebook!). Knit. Do woodworking projects. Make book nooks. Paint. Buy vinyl. Plant a garden. And with that, I'm off to go sow seeds 😆 youtu.be/zkGk_A4noxI?...
My healthy cat and my favorite aunt died within a day of each other while I was still mourning my lost job. It's just too much grief, and I'm trying to process it the only way I know how- by writing about it.
bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/sunrise-su...
Someone needs to coin a term for the phenomenon where once something reaches critical mass and dominates the Super Bowl commercials (.coms, real estate, crypto) the bubble for that thing bursts within the next two years. And fingers crossed it happens with AI.
The best cat ever who looks like the model version of a perfect cat.
The best cat ever who looks like the model version of a perfect cat.
The best cat ever who looks like the model version of a perfect cat.
RIP Mort - 2012-2026.
This year has packed a decade worth of trauma into a month’s worth of time and I really need it to stop.
Any place that sells vinyl records should sell books like this.
“Forgot”
God, I can hear that line in his voice.
Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez and they have to be in a skit called Only Muppets in the Building.
Do it. By them all because you won’t be able to stop once you start.
starter pack deck of mythulu creation cards with a large deer on teh front and small figure in front of deer
Hey fam! Can anyone connect me with someone willing to sell a used copy of the Mythulu Starter Pack B (if these ever shipped?). Looks like these folks disappeared from their social channels a year ago, and ordering on their site doesn't work (I have also exhausted my googlefu for used copies).
Ebooks are alive and well as a mass market paperback replacement in romance and thrillers with authors you’ve likely never heard of who have all but abandoned traditional publishing and traditional distribution models.
I truly believe digital could be a great replacement for mmpbs, especially for genre authors and people who read on their phones, but publishers have screwed it up horribly on the author end with borderline criminal digital only contracts and on the reader end with equally abominable pricing.
This is the poem that finally showed me how to appreciate poetry.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/...
Company.
I’ve also been binging the soul-enriching balm of Disney teen sitcoms from before 2016. So far GIRL MEETS WORLD, STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, and AUSTIN AND ALLY are my favorites with WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE in the mix.
