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everyone wakes up at 7; i don't
i bought a blank notebook once. it isn’t blank anymore. i've filled pages of it with things meant to be shared with an "appropriate audience" when the time comes. but the time never comes....
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how to take a break from a break? three easy steps.
the null prophet's guide to efficiency. step 1: pretend there is no break. question the entire hecking existence of the concept. ask (out loud): “what the [duck] even is a break?” if you manage to...
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the pants
the other day, i saw a person wearing pants. i know it's super common to see someone wearing pants if you are in the same environment as me—where wearing jeans is frowned upon and can even lead to...
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that special day
my shoes have been with me through thick and thin: heavy dirt, heavy rain, heavy everything. when i had a soul, they didn't. now that they have two, i don't. the soul is the sole constant shared among...
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the mathematics of presence
dear mrj., i’m starting with an apology—my memory for first meetings is terrible :) please don’t take it personally. it’s just the way my brain is wired. this is a continuation of something from pages...
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time machines
my feature phone doesn't compete for my attention. maybe that is why i love it. that, and the battery life. and the size. and the fact that it charges stupidly fast. and because it has no app store,...
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firelighters
once upon a time (and space), there lived people who believed they were the best in the world—mostly because they had very, very firey ambitions. what they never quite realised was that their world...
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to love a polar bear
dedicated to all our polar bears. dear universe, polar bears have made me aware of the following so far: you can only love a polar bear if the polar bear loves you back. it is very hard to calm down...
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i still want to install truecaller in a way that doesn't upload my contacts to t.c.'s servers
this is from when i was a week younger (and so full of wanting to install truecaller on an android VM on my pc). now that i am a week older (and consequently, wiser!) — i still want to do so, but now...
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