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Friday morning with gorillas
If you want to see gorillas you can go to the zoo any time you like. But if you want gorillas to see you, it’s important to pick the right day. You need to go early on a weekday in the middle of winter, when the giraffes have all gone, and the butterfly enclosure is […]
Resolution
I just bought this timer. The plan is to eliminate all procrastination in my life forever. Procrastination is a huge problem with me. Whole mornings sometimes pass before I write a single sentence. It can take a week to make a phone call. I fold laundry so slowly that clothes from the waiting pile often […]
The eternal question
Which is better, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? When I was little, the answer seemed obvious. It was Christmas Day of course. Christmas Day was the prize, the blessed goal, the breaking of a fever that had lasted for weeks. It didn’t make sense to prefer the day before. But now it’s more the Christmas […]
Mike
My friend found this creature in his yard and said I had to adopt it or else it would die from the cold. He told me it was called Mike. I knew he hadn’t given any real thought to the name. ‘Mike’ just starts with the same letter as ‘mantis’, that’s all. I really, really […]