“A very unique story. Original.”
“You've told a big tale in a small space, and did so with a most unusual style. Different.”
“A vivid and wonderfully atmospheric story. You have a talent for vivid description”
“This was a beautiful piece of writing - very well done.”
That’s what they told me when they rejected my piece. It’s the best rejection I’ve gotten yet- so I’m making progress!!
Back when Obama was president & lunatic MAGA types were mostly confined to obscure right-wing media outlets, I considered writing a piece titled, "Some day these wack jobs will be in charge." I wish I had gone through with it.
What's happening now was entirely predictable then.
The successful policy for ending homelessness is turning out to be “Housing First”, not criminalizing homelessness.
I'm mentally ill and while I'm not overly bothered by your negative use of the word "crazy," by adding to the stigma of mental illness, you're harming everyone including yourself. Also, it's unimaginative and boring. Do you really want to sound like a YouTube influencer?
Also, don't make armchair diagnoses of assholes. Most assholes are assholes because they're assholes, not because they're mentally ill or neurodivergent. Besides, in all likelihood you're not a doctor and if you are you should know better.
I had a dream that my granny wasn't dead, but living at the headwaters of the Everglades. She said I would find her in the bosom of an oak with a mandrake in her lap. New Year's finds me alone under the overpass of the headwaters, #obambulating through pools of brackish water. I hear the screech of a mandrake freshly unearthed. Granny unfurls a claw from where she rests in the crook of an oak. She pulls me into her clutches and demands I give an account of myself. I say: "I'm ill."
@Michaelvaliant
—What the hell means "OBAMBULATE"?
—It means we must go there.
—Are you nuts? I'm NOT gonna wander in that forest just because some old nutjob says so!
—Coward.
—Coward my… I just don't wanna get lost AGAIN, thank you.
—Wuss
—Go to hell. Get lost if you want. I'm going home.
Mike was right in not wanting to go that way. The forest wasn't dangerous. At least during day hours. It's in the night when things happen. What kind of things? It depends on the traveler. Mike knew that…
I love closing out the year with this. 😊
On December 31, 1995, exactly 27 years ago today, legendary cartoonist Bill Watterson published his final 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip.
How beautiful and appropriate it was, and a timeless reminder of what we have before us in 2023. ❤️
Happy New Year, ya'll!
The North Shore Leader broke the Santos story and now media critics are saying that the failure of it to impact the election is somehow the fault of the public, which is letting little papers die. This doesn’t seem right.
Why aren’t the bigger papers reading the smaller papers in their regions and amplifying and crediting their reporting when they break news?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/29/north-shore-leader-santos-scoop/
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