HeyJaredBites of Change
Changes are made in small bites, and with big issues, small bites are where you start. Foster parenting, chronic illness, social injustice -- these are all things we need to talk about. But at the end of the day, these are also just my stories.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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The Crimes I Would Commit (opens the original)
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What makes us take notice?A friend recently asked me where I get my news, and I sent her the couple of podcasts I listen to and she responded by saying, “oh, podcasts. No, I mean news." She was updating her news feed and I, who have always prided myself on being informed, said oh, well, no. I don’t do that these days. A few days later, talking with that same friend, I said I’d been reading Gisele Pelicot’s Hymn to Life; she’d heard all about Gisele’s story in the news and was surprised that I ha
47 days. (opens the original)
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People to root for: the writers (opens the original)
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It’s never a good idea to take a break from one screen to look at another, but that’s what I was doing when I notice Charlie Finch’s Half-a-Grand Flash Fiction contest. I was in a bad mood for reasons related to bureaucracy and mediocrity that are pointless to get into here. I thought it might be a scam, or a fiction story, or generally a waste of time. But then I started reading his post, and found a man with a giant amount of enthusiasm for writers and writing.That’s what I am looking for.I wa
The Wife Market (opens the original)
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Reggie Watts’ Unfolding Drama (opens the original)
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I suspect I was hired at the Sit & Spin because I knew nothing about the number of locally and internationally famous rockstars that made their way through the place regularly, and because I lived across the street. On my first day there, one of the customers told me that I needed to perfect a thousand yard stare in order to be successful. The sound guy told me I wouldn’t last three months. It took me a few months to figure out why, but the night of an epic White Stripes show when I quietly kept
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