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Breakfast at Oliver's

Notes on a neighborhood cafe, and the comforts of getting to have ’the usual.'

December 1, 2014 · 8 min · 1635 words · mike

#yesallwomen

This is a story of getting things wrong, and perhaps continuing to get things wrong, but not knowing exactly what to do besides what I’ve come up with. prologue When I lived in Bloomington, IN, some guy spent a week in one of the student neighborhoods attacking women. The one account I read from a victim was that he walked up to her with keys sticking out from between the fingers of his balled fist, slashed her cheek open, and said, “not so pretty now” before running off. ...

May 25, 2014 · 5 min · 921 words · mike
A picture of smooth rocks by the ocean taken with a long exposure to make the water look like mist.

9, 23, 25, 26, 29, 33, 35, 39 and 46

Thoughts on my 46th birthday.

April 5, 2014 · 5 min · 933 words · mike

One jumper to the left door

Joining Puppet was a huge change for me. I wrote this the day I accepted their offer.

September 27, 2012 · 3 min · 557 words · mike