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14 min read 2022-06-16 21:00:46

I Survived A “Productivity Half-Marathon”

Someone once told me that every runner, at some point, confronts the urge to run a half-marathon, broken up into smaller segments over the course of

2 min read 2022-06-10 21:00:33

“Bikes are so easily wasted. Again and again, people throw their stuff out, when all it really needs is some love and skill—and I find it very

1 min read 2022-06-03 21:00:10

I went down a F*ck That’s Delicious rabbit hole this week and decided that of all the videos I watched, I felt like sharing the bagel one, maybe

6 min read 2022-06-02 21:00:05

A few weeks ago in a hotel room bathroom, my left big toenail fell off. I mean, I gave it a little nudge, as I had been expecting it to come off for

1 min read 2022-05-27 21:00:59

“My ex and I did have kind of different values in regard to lifestyle. He got pretty annoyed with me and one time he said, ‘You know, you think

2 min read 2022-05-20 21:00:47

I don’t know how this masterpiece about sticks only has 6,000 views on YouTube, but trust me, if you like sticks, you’ll love it, and if you’re

4 min read 2022-05-19 21:00:39

One of my greatest sources of wonder in life: At every breakfast joint I’ve ever patronized, there is a person working in the kitchen who can cook

1 min read 2022-05-17 23:02:46

(I made this chart as a joke, and then I thought maybe other people only want to watch three movies, ever, so I made a blank one, and then I thought,

1 min read 2022-05-13 21:00:17

“There are no rules. There is a foundation, but there are no rules.” —Carlos Rodriguez (Mare139), breaking down graffiti in 12 levels of

4 min read 2022-05-05 21:00:46

The other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and around-the-house things during which I had let time slip by and

4 min read 2022-05-05 21:00:46

The other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and around-the-house things during which I had let time slip by and

1 min read 2022-04-29 21:00:30

I just rediscovered this video I was obsessed with in 2012, which I now believe is timeless: Andrew Bird playing in a one-bedroom Heart of

1 min read 2022-04-22 21:00:00

Don’t ask yourself, “Why would someone write a song about the DMV?” Ask yourself, “Doesn’t this song perfectly capture the DMV?”

8 min read 2022-04-21 21:00:24

My friend Ace and I were hiking somewhere in the Utah desert several years ago when he asked me, “Have you ever heard of Male Answer Syndrome?”

2 min read 2022-04-15 21:00:34

A quote from actor Jon Bernthal, just before eating a buffalo wing coated in Bhutila Fire hot sauce, beginning his descent into extreme discomfort