Even though its vessel is usually cylindrical, the beverage has a point – and millions of people seem to be missing it.
Category: A Better World
Paint your Socks
Walking on paint in your stocking feet can be a good thing
Code Word: Geronimo – American Military Propaganda for your Kids
The graphic novel was somewhat informative but mostly disappointing, but I’m glad I read it because it’s shortcomings motivated me to revisit an excellent podcast
Bad Buds
Free stuff isn’t always (often isn’t) worth it
Bad Chocolate
Sometimes chocolate is on sale, and sometimes I buy it. You shouldn’t do this lightly, because bad chocolate is bad. Bad chocolate is like brown chalk with sugar. Bad white chocolate is like white chalk with sugar. And if you’re eating it, it’s bad.
Buying Boobles and Finding Bob: Adventures in Bureaucracy
There is a lady sitting alone in a room with no windows, looking at an old telephone, waiting for someone to call. She grants booble permits, and you are trying to buy a booble. But the secretary lost her number, and nobody talks to her at lunch, so nobody knows what she does. She gives…
Conversations with God: the Size of Avocados
“Avocados are too big.”
Finding Bob
Perhaps you’ve found yourself living in a building that doesn’t offer recycling service. You could navigate the labyrinth of bureaucracy all day long and not find any reliable answers. Are buildings required to offer it? Does it cost money? How do you get a blue box? Why did every person I spoke to give me a…
Missing Heads and Treacherous Theft
George and Edward – so young and handsome, but already taller than me. Their heads were cut off and stolen while I was at work. And then a few weeks later, Timothy was kicked to death.
Café Du Soleil: alive and well (despite vehement claims of a pretentious hipster)
If people get upset because you don’t blindly believe every word they say, you probably shouldn’t blindly believe any words that they say