“I am tired, so very tired of thinking about Lacey Yeager, yet I worry that unless I write her story down, and see it bound and tidy on my bookshelf, I will be unable to write about anything else.”
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A Reflection on Things Unfinished and Unwritten
I love this blog. It has been a constant pleasure to write and share all of these posts. It’s not going anywhere, but it will probably change in some ways, as have I.
Last year I got married. And while I spoke about it with my wife Stefanie on two consecutive episodes of The Palmer Files podcast retracing our relationship from meeting to wedding, I haven’t mentioned it here. Why not?
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Is Worst. Person. Ever. a condemnation of all of us?
Is Raymond Gunt the worst person ever? At a minimum, he’s had some help…
This book’s main character, Raymond Gunt, may in fact be the worst person ever, or he may just be proof that assumptions and a lack of context make for the worst in people. Truth be told, that’s probably and sadly more common than we’d all like to think.
Declassify >The Thurber Carnival is short and sweet
Did you know that magazine writers and short story crafters can have greatest hits collections, just like any band? That’s what The Thurber Carnival is for prolific writer James Thurber.
There is something wonderful about Thurber’s prose, as well as his drawings, his perspective, his personal history, and his humor.
Declassify >It’s not Murphy’s law. Robinson proves you’re just Toast
Richard Robinson’s “Why the Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down: The Scientific Reasons Everything Goes Wrong” is a book that rationally explains the science behind Murphy’s law.
For the uninitiated, Murphy’s law is the pessimist’s go-to vibe. It’s essentially boiled down to the idea that “anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
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