HeyJared: lower black pain
A weekly series of words arranged, typed, and spoken by Jd Michaels.
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autumnatic. (opens the original)
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Calendars were not invented on “day 1”. That’s what I thought as a kid - that if you wanted to know how old “calendars” were, you just counted backward from, well, now until you were back at 1. Then I remembered about all that “B.C.” time, and then… I just looked it up. The Gregorian Calendar, which we purchase each year on sale in mid-January in the Barnes and Noble bargain section, was created in 1582. The Julian calendar that it replaced had begun in 45 B.C., and there is apparently a calenda
shellsandleavesandsticksandrocks (opens the original)
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Spring Cleaning: the opening of windows and freshening of linens and dusting off of bookshelves and vacuuming in the corners of ceilings, an annual frenzy of “getting ready” for the longer and warmer days of the year - which ironically are most frequently spent outside. ’Tis the season for that kind of thing in New Zealand right now, where Winter is just ending, which is odd (also, the water there twirls down their drains counter-clockwise? Utter madness.).But in our Northern Hemisphere it is ti
6 to 60 (opens the original)
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just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling fine(’til then i’m gon’ party like i’m fifty-nine)there’s not all that much difference in how I speakbut when i move now there’s an audible creakand a slight subtle wincing that plays on my face‘cause the creaks never seem to come from the same placejust six weeks to 60and i’m feeling goodthough probably not sleeping s’much as i shouldmy Apple watch tells me more hours would be rightand to stop waking up at 3:30 each nightthe dread that its
Player’s Choice. (opens the original)
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The beginning of fall marks an annual celebration of learning: Back to School Time again. I did buy a new cool metal lunchbox this summer, though I’m reticent to take it to work (a grown up place that does not seem to lean toward whimsy in any fashion). Instead I am engaging in the season by (again) dedicating myself to learning One New Thing.Last year it was “How To Play The Banjo”. I initially could not find online instruction that matched both my keen enthusiasm and complete lack of talent fo
Picture Day. (opens the original)
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[1 - 8x10]My most consistent historical visual record was compiled through time capsules delivered in paper envelopes with cellophane windows: my annual school photo. The Mondrian-like layout of large, medium and impractically small shots were all on one page, which (because I did not grow up in a fancy X-Acto knife house) we could never quite cut out perfectly. The assortment was designed to satisfy relative demand, or more specifically, the demands of relatives: one BIG one for the grandparent
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