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A selection of artisnal dreck:
For $3000 I’ll Tell You About My Mother

For $3000 I’ll Tell You About My Mother

On the now infamous Ev Williams post;
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Let’s Make Fun of a State: Ohio

Let’s Make Fun of a State: Ohio

Ohio: It’s Not Funny Unless You Are Laughing at It
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Movies We’d Like to See

Movies We’d Like to See

Reading This Might Be a Waste of Time, But So Are Half of the Movies You’ve Watched in the Last Month
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10 Clickbait Headlines That Don’t Really Work

10 Clickbait Headlines That Don’t Really Work

But Just Because They Don’t Work Doesn’t Mean I Won’t Try Them
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An Interview With a Leprechaun

An Interview With a Leprechaun

I heard a strange pinging sound in the basement, and fearful that it might be something wrong with the boiler, went downstairs to check…
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Leveraging the Backlist

Leveraging the Backlist

Medium Mines the Gold
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Season of the Juggalos

Season of the Juggalos

This summer I read “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It’s a fascinating book. For years I have been teaching…
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Wins and Waterloos

Wins and Waterloos

Why I Was Gone Right After I Came Back
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In Praise of Medium Poets

In Praise of Medium Poets

After reading Tony Stubblebine’s “Hello Medium readers, authors, editors, and publishers”¹ I read the comments. I was pleasantly surprised…
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Well, Um. OK, I Guess

Well, Um. OK, I Guess

Well, here I am and there you are, gentle reader… distinguished reader… appreciated reader. I mean that sincerely. Even if you are a bot…
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The Editor Shows Up for Lunch

The Editor Shows Up for Lunch

I heard a voice on the stairs. A big voice. I knew immediately it was Hughes.
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Pee Wee Solves A Problem

Pee Wee Solves A Problem

The daffodils are up. Percy is feeding the lawn. We’re not wearing masks at The Mill because the virus is boring and despite the fact that…
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Where Is Eidolon’s Eidolon?

Where Is Eidolon’s Eidolon?

During the long night of the GOPQ (Grand Old Party Q-Anon¹) I said to my older brother, whom I call ‘Boy’, “Well, it can’t get worse than…
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