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Patron edition!
Howdy! I was going to write this in the main body, but I decided only to tell patrons.
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I've been thinking about writing about is grief. I've been taking notes on it for a while, and this week I was reminded why this book matters. A bully I know lost a partner, and my reaction to it was one of literal physical empathy. Also, an ex-Mozilla colleague died this week, and again, I felt the cold fingers of mortality. I know grief, and I have been thinking about exploring it more...academically. I've even thought of trying to get an advance for this one. Idk how the publishing industry works though, and I'm a bit too busy to put proper attention at this. So, you know, don't get your hopes up.
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How are you doing? What's happening in your life? Hit reply.
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Maybe I'm a nihilist
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Trying to find the original designer. Maybe Serj Tankian? 15 minutes of searching did me no good...
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We shouldn't be "cutting down on niceties" in this day and age. We need to slow down. Look, I'm not going to lie, when people send me a long email, it takes me time to get back to them. I try to keep mine brief. But I read people's "novels" because ffs they're humans, and sometimes there's some context that is useful.
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Divided we fall, and political landscapes and economic inequality reflect that the system isn't the right system. That's why when I went to talk to a bunch of teenagers this week, I went full radical and anti-capitalist. They were not enthused. Didn't give a toss. 70 tenth graders in the middle of Germany didn't know what Fridays for Future is. I switched gears and talked about traveling, jumping out of airplanes, activist training with Greenpeace. They didn't care about that either. Blank faces. I was reminded why I specialized in ADULT education. Groups of teenagers depress me to no end. They reawaken my nihilism.
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Maybe I'm a productive nihilist
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I haven't read this, but I stumbled upon Nolen Gertz while looking for an image, and I want to judge this book by its cover
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Except that nihilist or not, I can't sit still. Also this week, I wrote a short blog about winning that award I won and fielded a lot of "related" requests (Read: not particularly valuable). I also worked on a couple proposals, did client work, tinkered around with ongoing maintenance, gave feedback on a design and hung out with the co-op. Oh, and I visited a Salesforce office, broke a sweat in a fake phone booth, read the entire wikipedia article on River Phoenix, learned that the Dystopia Tracker is offline :( and also talked to those darn kids.
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I've been thinking about writing again, having finished Maybe Zombies last June. I still plan to revisit the ending, but lately I haven't had time. I am, however, pleased that I predicted augmented reality contact lenses in Maybe Zombies and NOW THEY'RE REAL.
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Hey - if you read Maybe Zombies, would you mind writing a testimonial? I only have one so far. If not, you'd like it. It's funny and gross and a good escape from all the things.
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Maybe I need help?
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