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For Your Convenience

A streaming service stuck on Spanish had me panicked about finding March Madness by tipoff.

8 min readApr 25, 2024

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Computer screen with words in Spanish

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ILLUMINATION

Assaults On Cool

Coping with e-tickets, low seats, and annoyingly complex plots on Netflix.

10 min readApr 2, 2024

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pig in a mud pen

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Nothing Is Unthinkable

Why do I spend so much time pondering things I can’t control — like Tucker Carlson and Oscar snubs?

8 min readFeb 28, 2024

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Nothing Is Unthinkable

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The Haven

The End of Money Through History

A farcical look at the demise of currencies, from spear tips to wampum to…pennies.

4 min readFeb 22, 2024

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beads and shells on a table

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Are Pennies Legal Tender?

Two judges suggest they are not, and that using them is a civil offense

4 min readDec 13, 2023

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Gumballs in a vending machine

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Pennies From Heaven

The day I got bailed out of jail with coins from my loose-change jar

8 min readDec 8, 2023

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Mixed coins on a surface

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ILLUMINATION

My Dark Tour

Is everyone rewriting history except the Germans?

9 min readOct 29, 2023

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sculpture of people on a pole inside Dachau camp

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The Haven

The WiFi Is Down!

The lighter side of personal tech glitches

8 min readSep 27, 2023

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a broken printer

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Human Parts

Mittens Mattered

Are we being warped by a social feed full of RIPs for pets and pop stars?

7 min readAug 2, 2023

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goldfish in a bowl

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Human Parts

Singing with Strangers

I had to stop caring what she thought before I could understand what Mom had given me.

9 min readJun 5, 2023

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Young woman dressed nicely standing on door steps

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Dan Kadlec

Dan Kadlec

Dan is writing a memoir about his early years as a small-town journalist, when he was running with cops by day and from them by night.

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