While he was still in college, my dad bought a DIY banjo building kit. He put it together and learned to play a few songs, but he wasn’t too serious about it. Growing up, I remember him pulling it out now and then. It was a nice little novelty. Hello, 1984! My uncle Steve is […]
I first met Will as he was making his bed, inside a cubicle at Washington City Paper. I was a freelancer at the time, and it was one of my first visits to the actual office. He set up an ikea foldout so he could pull late nights wrangling web code. It was an amusing […]
Hi Friend! How’d you spend your stimulus? Mine just arrived. The SSA took way too long to deliver information to the IRS, so elderly and disabled people like me were among the last to get paid, but it’s here now! I’m getting my bass fixed up and putting a big chunk in savings. This kid […]
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I got the jab, y’all! I received the Moderna vaccine on Monday, and fortunately, it wasn’t bad at all. A little arm soreness, but nothing worse than my usual muscle aches. We’ll see how the booster shot goes, but this one was definitely a relief—vaccines can cause pretty bad crashes for people with ME/CFS. Proof […]
Hi! What a (new) year. I’m trying to focus on vaccines and stimulus checks, but when your boyfriend needs special papers for the National Guard just to get to work… it’s a lot, you know? Of course you know. Aside from Phoebe Bridgers smashing her guitar, the news has been relatively quiet for the past […]
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Hi! It’s my birthday (for a few more minutes)! It’s also Stacey Abrams’ birthday! Celebrate by giving a few dollars to Fair Fight–combat voter suppression in Georgia and potentially help the Dems win the Senate! When I started writing this, I thought it would be short and snappy. But as usual, there’s a steady procession […]
Hi Friend — If you haven’t yet, I hope you get your ballot into a collection box somewhere. The election is here, and your voice matters! Voting aside, I’m feeling pretty exhausted by politics. Literally. Checking the news was actually keeping me up late, especially when the president was in the hospital. I’ve mostly curbed […]