Monthly Archives: September 2018
by Rae Gernant | Sep 30, 2018 |
I’ve crowded my life with empty boxes by comparing myself to other people and holding on to the idea that maybe one day I will be able to “fill the box” of what they have that I don’t.
by Laura Sheppard | Sep 29, 2018 |
Dogs are an antidote to the barriers we set up as a culture.
by Tanice Mast | Sep 29, 2018 |
When everything you own is pink, excusing it as merely “ironic” becomes less convincing. No, you actually have to admit you’re fond of this obnoxious colour.
by Matt Coldagelli | Sep 28, 2018 |
I located the shutoff valve on the piping and gave it a twist.
by Brad Zwiers | Sep 27, 2018 |
There are moments when silence is not the absence of sound. Instead, in those moments, silence is the space, the stillness, where the sound is heard.
by Nick Meekhof | Sep 26, 2018 |
I understand those who feel that respect must be earned in order to be given, but that stance won’t end any Cold Wars.
by Katie Van Zanen | Sep 25, 2018 |
Five bags of MAPEI Self Leveler Plus Indoor Self-Leveling Underlayment later, our living room is rather more level than it was before.
by Jeffrey Peterson | Sep 24, 2018 |
First of all, I mean I consumed music almost exclusively from the Red Hot Chili Peppers for three years. If you think I’m exaggerating, talk to any of my friends from high school.
by Julia LaPlaca | Sep 23, 2018 |
What if the fairy-tale village is not so innocent? What if the destitute mother sues for custody? What if Cinderella seduces the prince?
by Sadie Burgher | Sep 22, 2018 |
Will you have psychedelic bathwater? No. Will you be picking glitter out of your nether regions? Also no.
by Gabe Gunnink | Sep 20, 2018 |
So, please tune in to the Marblelympics because it is the low stakes competition you need in your life, because it is a dazzling little world, and because I really need people I can talk about this with, you guys!
by Ben DeVries | Sep 18, 2018 |
So, we should ask again, and with renewed urgency: why Lovecraft? In the face of his cultural saturation and manifest awfulness, how do we account for and reckon with his appeal?
by Tony Ditta | Sep 17, 2018 |
gma (6:46 p.m.) – Trying to go to Gmail, but autocomplete failed me. “GMA” brings you to “Good Morning America.”
gmail (6:47 p.m.) – Nailed it.
by Andrew Knot | Sep 16, 2018 |
My American Saturdays began with a coffee and a crescendo of college football media. Blogs, Twitter, and ESPN College Gameday made for a surround-sound cacophony of predictions, punditry, and hot takes.
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Sep 15, 2018 |
When the show released its most recent episodes on US Netflix earlier this month, I of course hit play as soon as I could. But I—like hundreds of others tweeting and otherwise panicking on social media—immediately noticed a difference.
by Will Montei | Sep 14, 2018 |
Standing there, I have a similar sensation to the one on the Peter Pan ride at Disney World when your pirate ship escapes through the window of the children’s bedroom to reveal a sleepy London beneath you.
by Olivia Harre | Sep 13, 2018 |
But after a few more minutes of walking, I saw it: the view from the top—the mountains that dropped into the sea, the trees already changing into their fall garments, the ocean fading into the sky.
by Abby Zwart | Sep 12, 2018 |
Need coffee coffee coffee and a conversation with Lorelai at breakneck speed? Curious what Kirk’s new odd job is?lu
by Matt Cambridge | Sep 11, 2018 |
I make it about me, and I don’t listen.
by Jenna Griffin | Sep 10, 2018 |
I mean the real world, the one that roots and flowers and rots and hunts and shivers and casts its eyes to the moon and howls and sinks into dirt and blushes into color.
by Gwyneth Findlay | Sep 9, 2018 |
A kitten has milestones: vet visits, physical growth, the passage from kitten to cat food.
by Josh Parks | Sep 8, 2018 |
Rautavaara challenges the assumption that music belongs unequivocally to humanity by making birdsong a challenger and equal partner to “humansong.”
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Sep 7, 2018 |
I don’t write about Steve that much on this blog because it’s cheesy and annoying and also I know that love isn’t just the cheesy stuff.
by Josh deLacy | Sep 6, 2018 |
You get one or two good ideas of your own, and that’s it. That’s all you get to work with, and you can either beat your ass like some self-flagellating monk to make something with that idea, or you can leave it alone and keep on copying.
by India Daniels | Sep 5, 2018 |
I stitched together my favorite childhood flannel sheets and some old towels to make my own sentimental reusable paper towels.
by Caitlin Gent | Sep 4, 2018 |
Get your laughs in, Midwesterners, but for eight-year-old Caitlin, Texas was paradise.
by Hannah Bechtold | Sep 3, 2018 |
I awoke to our driver speaking in an urgent and concerned tone while tapping the horn.
by Cotter Koopman | Sep 2, 2018 |
We’re getting used to this: the shepherding of my distracted attention back into the air. Sitting off to the side and seeing my traffic go by.
by Katerina Parsons | Sep 1, 2018 |
Neighboring governments are refusing to accept these hungry, oppressed citizens, just for lacking a simple pamphlet made of dead trees and bureaucracy.
