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garlic, cutting board, and knife

June 19, 2025

Two Different Mountains

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June 5, 2025

Analog Monologue

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view north from corner peak summit

April 17, 2025

Maybe Next Time. Maybe Not

Love and Like both pie charts

April 3, 2025

Update: I Don’t Actually Hate Running Now

Tom from MySpace

March 20, 2025

It’ll Never Be Enough Until You Decide It’s Enough

photo of snow shovel next to cleared sidewalk

February 20, 2025

Reminder To Touch Grass

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January 9, 2025

Here’s A Nice Thing: Weekday Biophilia

drawing of a sweatshirt reading "practice maximum enthusiasm"

January 7, 2025

Make 2025 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm

handwritten list of best meals of 2024

December 26, 2024

Recommendation: Make Your Own ‘Best Of 2024’ List

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FOOD

handwritten note: TO: ideal version of myself REMINDER to buy chainsaw, and then carry chainsaw into the woods to remove deadfall, as a service to all trail users, including myself

November 14, 2024

Somebody Should Do Something About This

hand drawn chart of possible tracks of the lifespan of a friendship

October 17, 2024

How To Stay In Touch

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Illustration: Here Be Dragons

September 5, 2024

I Stopped To Read Some Signs And Let Me Tell You

hand-drawn pie chart: Why Can't I Take A Day Off?

August 8, 2024

Learning To Rest

line graph of "and then I found five dollars" ending

July 25, 2024

The $5 Ending

July 27, 2023

Things Are Different Now

December 29, 2022

MAKE 2023 THE YEAR OF MAXIMUM ENTHUSIASM

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illustration of mountain made up of small mountains

December 1, 2022

Adventures In Radical Incrementalism

semi-rad illustration: the race you wanted vs the race you got

November 10, 2022

We Interrupt Your Expectations To Bring You Your Actual Marathon

illustration of line graph of brain activity

November 3, 2022

Maybe I’m Not “Having Trouble Sleeping”

AC DC Angus Young silhouette drawing

October 20, 2022

AC/DC, Life

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MUSIC

semi-rad arguing illustration

September 22, 2022

One Of The Smartest Things Anyone Has Ever Said To Me

tree papercut by Anna Brones

September 8, 2022

A Pessimist Plants A Tree

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Dogs_Leave_A_Hole_In_Your_Heart

June 30, 2022

He Was Just A Dog

DOGS
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drawing of two fried eggs

May 19, 2022

I Have Been Frying Eggs Wrong My Entire Life, Probably

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drawing of angel and devil on shoulders

April 21, 2022

Unearned Confidence Vs. Humility

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HUMOR

drawing of spine with picket sign reading "On strike now"

March 10, 2022

There’s No Way I Could Have Seen This Totally Predictable Injury Coming

The Good Old Days pie chart

January 27, 2022

Nostalgia: A Hobby, A Habit, A Survival Tactic

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