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Think

If Attention is Currency, Ignoring is Resistance

Historically, in the words of a former acquaintance, I am “very political”.  This tends to just mean I read a lot, engage in a fair amount of activism, and fling my opinions around dinner parties and the internet like strands of drool from a Newfoundland’s mouth. Over the years I’ve come to do all of…

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Book Reviews

As I said in my previous post, in this new phase of my work life I might want people who aren’t familiar with me to know that I’ve written lots of “content” that doesn’t end up on television. For instance, for years I wrote book reviews for my hometown newspaper. I was usually assigned books…

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Essays

Lately I’ve realized that if I’d like to be taken seriously by serious people who don’t already know me, I’ll have to submit some evidence that I might be worthy of their regard. I do love writing jokes and ad copy, but that certainly isn’t all I do. Embarrassingly enough, I’ve spent the past 15…

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