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September 11, 2001 (opens the original)
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It’s hard to believe that a quarter-century has already passed since September 11, 2001. Sometimes it feels as if it happened just yesterday. This will be a piece about my memory of that day. It’s not an argument, but rather documentation of how that event is a scar that has shaped my life in various ways. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1641923599296-0c30a0196145?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHx3b3J
Humans Aren’t Machines (opens the original)
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Thank you to all of my subscribers for continuing to support my work. I have a new Widdoes Peak interview dropping later this month with journalist and editor . Scott’s voice is well known in Las Vegas, and it was a delight to interview him about his storied career. Even if you don’t know Scott’s work, if you’re interested in learning more about the real Las Vegas, you won’t want to miss this.Subscribe now<div clas
Doubt is a waste of time. We only have one life to live and we need to keep moving forward. (opens the original)
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I met Staci Layne Wilson two years ago at the Las Vegas Writes: Desert Superbloom reading. She read from her essay, “From Boom to Bust,” about a famous stripper named Annie Ample who was one of the highest paid in the business during the 1980s. I’d never heard of Annie Ample, but Staci drew me into this story by crafting an intriguing essay and I got a very good sense of Staci’s voice. Like Joan Didion, she is an ethnographer of the uncanniness that can only be found in and between Los Angeles a
Becoming the person I dreamed of becoming (opens the original)
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Thank you all for continuing to subscribe and to read my work. I’m especially grateful to my paid subscribers. In the next few months I will be able to offer a gift of gratitude to those who have paid subscriptions. Coming up this month, I have a special Widdoes Peak interview with writer and filmmaker Staci Layne Wilson of . She’s lived an absolutely fascinating life, being the child of two influential Hollywood stars from an era that I’d consider LA’s heyday. I really enjoyed speaking to her a
21st Century Leviathan (opens the original)
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