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What? You need a reason?
Five things that are better than some things and not as good as other things
Because these things aren’t going to rank themselves and they feel bad being left off all the other lists.
5. Space
The very coolest thing about space is how spacious it is. In space, you never have to worry about whether your furniture is going to fit, or whether you’ll be able…
None should be as small as me
I wish that I were not so small
Mysteriously free
Over looking under toes
None should be as small as me
None should be as small as me
None should be as tall as trees
Trembling like two lovers
Counting five four two one three
The monster sees right through the covers
The monster…
Ancient Mysteries
A Matter of Vital Importance
A lot of thought has gone into why this happens. The philosophers and eleven-year-olds may have their clever little joke and regale us with their clever little answer — to get to the other side — which is both trivial and tautological. But as you would expect from tenured academics…
How do they sleep at night?
A Moral Dilemma
Have you pet your peeve today?
“That’s one of my pet peeves,” Sarah said, right there on the Zoom call. We were talking about editing and something came up — the oxford comma, it’s/its, coffee stains on manuscripts with cigarette burns. Something. And everyone on the call nodded, as if to say, “So true! …
CRANBERRY BOGS
Don’t be alarmed!
As a public service I’m letting MuddyUm readers and writers — as well as the higher ups at Medium who may wish to avoid exposure in future litigation — that some of our editors may have had hemorrhoids at some time in the past. How does this effect you? …
What’s your unit of measure!?!
Introducing the Animal Shit Metric
You’re sitting there innocently— at a family dinner, in the bus depot, or at a pet crematory — and you catch yourself hearing the latest conspiracy theory. “For God’s sake,” you say to yourself, “that sounds crazy.” You are aghast, but also confused. You don’t know how to react because…
If we can do better we should
Ethics is the consideration of the behaviors that will lead to good. A lot of terms in that sentence need to be defined, and they will be. …
Seu Jorge sings David Bowie in Portuguese and YOU NEED IT
The designation “cover album” bugs me. It didn’t become a thing until Dylan and the deification of the singer/songwriter, and somehow there was more authenticity to the singer singing their own words! Like it was more honest.
Was Billie Holiday dishonest? Ella Fitzgerald? Sinatra did not “cover” a song. They…
