It must be observed that this has been a week beyond the average. To attempt to capture it all in some sort of laundry list seems to trivialize it (as, indeed, the very nature of the phrase “laundry list” captures).…
Duck and Cover #973
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #972
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Suicide in the Sort of Present: Thoughts on the Passing of David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
David Foster Wallace was whirled into my life by my eighth girlfriend (if she can quite be called that), the one I’ve lovingly dubbed “Try Before You Buy” in the nomenclature of retrospect. It was my sophomore year in college,…
Duck and Cover #971
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Hurtling Towards Resolution/October
The lack of Duck & Cover today is dedicated in silence to the memories of David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) and Peter Camejo (1939-2008). Truth be told, of course, I just didn’t have the time or energy (or inclination to wake…
Take Me Away, Country Roads (or: If On a September Eleventh a Traveler)
It is morning in America. Early morning here, just past six on a Friday morning. I’d normally be just stirring, an hour’s timezone west, wondering what the last day of the week was about to bring at work, wondering if…
An Hour After the End
“I suppose you are wondering why you are here.” Seven billion souls shuffling their feet, which many at once notice are not exactly feet while somehow failing to not be feet. Even those who did not have feet just moments…
Duck and Cover #970
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #969
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.