Many thanks to Madeleine Sumption for carving the pumpkin that Matthew “Fish” McFeeley photographed to create this year’s October theme-change here at StoreyTelling. For four years now, the annual October theme picture has been of pumpkins carved at the prior…
Duck and Cover #1292
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid. Please note that after a functionally three-month hiatus, Duck and Cover will be back as a regular feature for the foreseeable future.
When I Fall
“Hang on to your wallet hang on to your rings I can’t look below me something will throw me I curse at the windstorms that October brings … I wish I could fly from this building from this wall and…
Pre-Debate Morning
There is a special kind of anticipation that comes with waking up knowing that something exciting or fun or worthwhile is going to happen that day. The feeling that things are not for naught, that one does not regret feeling…
One-Way Train
When I got on the train bound for New York City yesterday, I didn’t think I was boarding a time machine. I thought I was embarking on a conventional landbound vehicle for a city long hated, long tolerated, long rearing…
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In debate, we talk a decent amount about the distinction between positive and negative rights. Most of you will be familiar, but the basic idea is the split between something that the state actively provides and something the state prevents…
The Differences
I don’t like food. I love M. Night Shyamalan and almost all of his movies. I’m not a fan of comedy in almost any form. I believe in God. Okay, this last one is kind of cheating, because I guess…
Ten-Day Hindcast
Some days, you wake up and realize that ten days have gone by without you really sharing what’s going on in your life with people. Maybe you don’t, I should observe. I do. Maybe you wake up and realize that…
Dining with My Future
Fish’s house is a long narrow rowhouse nestled on one of the narrowest streets that allows parking in the United States of America. It’s a one-way street barely two car-widths wide, part of a series of such confusing glorified alleys…
Chasing Memories
I think I’ve spent most of my life chasing memories. I do something, I enjoy it, and then I spend years trying to recreate that thing and get back to a place where I can relive that moment or reinvent…