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Unexpected delights

After returning home from surgery, I took a seat on the couch, reached for the remote, and promptly fell asleep for about five hours. When I awoke, the remote was still in my hand, and my wrist had been leaning on the remote control holder so long that I had a long, deep, red indentation…

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Post surgery observations, including a car accident and an impossible kiss

I had surgery yesterday. Umbilical hernia. Basically some muscle and fat popped through my belly button. My doctor explained that everyone is walking around with a hernia. We all have a small hole in our bellies where the umbilical cord once ran. Sometimes, through either via exertion or trauma, muscle or fat will leak through…

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SAD

Am I the only one who finds it a little too convenient that the acronym of seasonal affective disorder is SAD? Seems a little too convenient to me.

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Not storyworthy, not ideal, but not too shabby

My friend, Kaia, and I went to The Moth in Boston last night, only to find that the show was the following night. Tonight. For the record, the date on my ticket was yesterday, October 27. The email to which my ticket was attached read yesterday, October 27. The event that was automatically added to…

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Sleepy comedy

I’ve been writing SNL sketches in my sleep for the past three nights. By writing, I mean dreaming that I was writing the sketches but awakening with the concept and dialogue for each sketch fully formed in my mind. This has been far more productive than the bowls of cereal that I often eat while…

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How did this happen?

On Friday night, Elysha, Charlie, and I watched the film Galaxy Quest. Underrated movie, by the way. Elysha had never seen it but loved it. Wait until she sees Last Action Hero. Anyway, as our Galaxy Quest heroes arrive on an alien planet, one of them moves to open the hatch of their spaceship. Another…

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Dave Chapelle’s special “The Closer” was a lot of things, but worst of all, it wasn’t funny

Dave Chappelle is being criticized for his most recent Netflix comedy special. Specifically, he is being accused of bigotry towards towards, among others, transgender people and the LGBTQ community in general. Some have referred to Chappelle’s critique of transgender people as transphobia, but I don’t like this word at all. A phobia is a fear.…

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Bad guy tropes

Dear filmmakers, Here’s a couple tropes that I think we can dispense with forever and ever: The craziest of the bad guys kills all of the other bad guys, thus leaving the good guy with only one bad guy to defeat. The craziest of the bad guys kills off the only wise, forward-thinking bad guy…

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Neckties No More

Good news: The pandemic appears to have accelerated the death of the necktie. People have been predicting its end for a century, but recent data indicates that it might finally be happening. Necktie sales peaked in 1995 at $1.3 billion, but by 2009 had fallen to $418 million ($300 million in 1995 dollars). The pandemic…

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Three most important decisions of your life

A recent Quora question asked, “What were the three most important decisions of your life?” I’ve been debating this question for almost a month, and I have finally settled on three. While many decisions could have occupied these three spots, I decided to favor the toughest and most unlikely decisions of my life rather than…

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