All Stories published by The Awl on November 18, 2013

When Your Fingers Did The Walking

The kids don't know but the old folks are nodding their heads like crazy.

I saw this photo last week and it made me realize that if the human race somehow survives for…


Make It Stop

Forget everything I said before, let’s just all stay very quiet and hope the year ends earlier than usual.


Is Your Job As Worthless As You Are?

“Our jobs are probably not make-work handed to us by crafty overlords. But they may be something more insidious — an elaborate kind of wealth redistribution system, masquerading as value-creating economic activity, sustained and powered by all the economy’s…


William H. Squier, Unknown To The Youth

“Ask anyone under 25 if they’ve heard of Billy Squier, and the answer is likely no. But that doesn’t mean they haven’t heard him.”

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