HeyJaredBy Tony Russo
Stories about coming to terms with a culture that doesn't always change to our liking.
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A Mummy, A Courtyard, A ‘Neighbor’ (opens the original)
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Besides the board game railroad company, I knew nothing about Reading, Pennsylvania, until I planned my trip (and here I’m using the word “planned” pretty loosely). I was traveling on my own dime to cover a mummy’s funeral (which is another story altogether), so I was looking for a cheap Airbnb, which I understood required malleable standards. Fortunately, those are precisely what I have. Kelly and I need a place to sit outside, have a cocktail, a
No One Really Dies Quietly in a Hotel Room (opens the original)
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The Dying Business (opens the original)
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I like to think of us as old friends, so I’m just going to pick up like I haven’t been silent for the last five months. First off, I’d like to welcome all the new subscribers. If you’re expecting deathcare coverage, you may have subscribed to the wrong Substack. Still, you may have done it at the correct time. I hope to resume having some fun here.I started an essay tentatively titled, “Nothing Tastes Better Than the Hand That Feeds You,” at least 10 times since March, but it never came together
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