The One With the Labor Solidarity
How choosing to negotiate their salaries as a group improved the quality of Friends and boosted the cast members’ bank accounts.
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We Only Knew Time
I’m tired of living in historic times we only knew timewas moving forward becasue the sun set each day My son told me that he’s tired of living through historic times. He’s eleven and just started middle school — if you count walking to his room from the kitchen every morning and cracking open the…
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Quarantine Dreams
What happens when dreams are your only escape? our quarantine dreamsescape from realitytranquil oasis What have your quarantine dreams been like? I like to think that my dreams offer me a respite from both the creeping existential dread of a world careening towards oblivion and the mundane stress of keeping a business and household afloat…
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The Plural of Haiku is Haiku
The plural of haiku is haiku! Here I will make my stand—on this hill I will die.
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9 Moments I Fell In Love With You
One of the things I love about haiku are how they tell complete stories that take place in a single moment. Here are nine moments where I fell in love with my wife. There are countless more, but I’m only willing to share nine of them with the world today.
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Half a Lifetime
A love letter for another lifetime.
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How to Slay a Sonnet
Learn how to write a sonnet that slays your enemies and rallies your loyal troops to your defense.
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Before Our Secrets Were Data
Today I’m posting a sonnet about how we dealt with secrets before they became commodified with the power of algorithms.
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How to Write Killer Haiku
The five things you need to write killer haiku. Haiku is one of the most potent storytelling forms available to a writer. Make each syllable count.
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Why Mike Matters
A few brief encounters over a few days changed my life and the lives of my children forever
