HeyJaredSo Here’s a Thing
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Why Are We Like This? (opens the original)
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The Real, What Even Is It (opens the original)
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I was roaming through my files yesterday in a fit of procrastination and checked in on a novel I started a couple of years ago but set aside. Within it I found a chapter I’d forgotten writing. It may provide some indication of why I pressed Pause — there’s another chapter on the history of punctuation, for some reason. I’m not entirely sure what I was thinking. I present it here in case any of you are having trouble sleeping. Chapter 8But before that, when thinking about things and whether they’
Some Recommendations... (opens the original)
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Just a few things you might like...TelevisionPretend It’s a CityI’ve loved Lebowitz’s prose for decades, and this show brings that acerbic wit and precision with language to the screen, lovingly encouraged by her old pal Martin Scorsese. You may not agree with every single thing she says (though I generally do), but you cannot help but admire the way she says it. We’re happily re-watching the series and honestly I wish it came out on a weekly basis, forever. I know we’re not supposed to refer to
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