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Book Review: Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson

Journalists have book deals. They write for papers and magazines and when a certain quota of not-too disposable articles are written they are collected and sold as a book for a new and separate audience. That is what this book … Continue reading

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Book Review: Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

Reviewing this is hard for a couple of reasons. First of all, for me, it is out of my wheelhouse. Both anthropologically and economically. That first thing being said, that is why I read. So I can at least glimpse … Continue reading

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The Art of Asking

I pull into a gas station, the kind half run down, half inner city pit stop. A thin-haired man, mid-fifties, in a tan and oil stained working jacket locks eyes with me before I can even get the car in … Continue reading

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The Mystery of Friendship a.k.a. Something I found from my high school folder

— Get out. Brad Pitcher stood from his leather chair, his fingering pointing past the door. — Is this how you greet your best friend? Chris Kirkman asked, slowly drawing closer. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice frail. — Get … Continue reading

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Go-zer

Donny likes to talk. He spends most of his town down by a bar on Eli Court in a part of downtown the daytimers have started referring to Hermitville. I suppose when you only leave the bar long enough to … Continue reading

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