The Problem of Rushing Through
Dear Reader, This is the last letter of season 2. You have all been great supporters of my endeavor. The Jear-Bear letters will be going on a brief hiatus...
The Placement Problem
Dear Reader, Unlike the past failure essays you’ve read, this problem is different. This failure remains unanswered and I would like to know how you solve...
The Loneliness Problem
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Here's your progress report: there are 8 essays in the series and you about to read the 6th...
Admission Failure - The Anger Problem
Dear Readers, I've finished my title text. It's minimal, just the way I like it. Too bad it will only be used for four more letters in this series. More time...
Admission: Failure - The Reactive Problem
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Happy Sunday. I wonder how I was able to be so productive during the 2015 writing season....
Admission Failure: The Reliance Problem
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, I made it. Two letters to compensate for the delay last week. Weekend's upon us. I know...
Admission Failure: The Bystander Problem
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? Dear Reader, I wanted to release this last Tuesday, but I was burnt out from other activities. Instead, I watched a...
Admission: Failure -- The Negligence Problem
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?...
2016 Retrospective
Dear Reader, Here's an in-between season for the Jear-Bear Letters. I share my obligatory 2016 retrospective. Happy New Years! Jeremy 2016 Retrospective I...
On Catalogs
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, We made it through another year. I'll include a bonus "Year in Review" tomorrow. This is it...
On Generations
Dear Reader, I wrote this piece long before I knew the election results. I wanted to write an allegory for people to contextualize where we are in the...
On Film
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? Hello Dear Readers, I talked about film before in a letter titled "On Obsessions". This letter is a continuation of what...
Second Wind
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Happy Thursday. It's been a very long while. Months. And I have some sad news. I'm retiring...
On Conversation
Hello Dear Readers, I had this letter just waiting for weeks because I wasn't satisfied with it. I spent a few minutes to write a short version of it that...
Ghosts, Part 2
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear reader, This letter comes to you a bit late. Of course, if I left you hanging, I'm sorry. This is...
Ghosts, Part 1
Dear readers, Hello again. I can't remember how long it's been. I'm not going to give you a long reason for my absence. Instead, let's tell ghost stories!...
On Validation
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Happy Pi Day. Good to be back in action. Last week’s reboot wasn’t a fluke. This week’s...
On Obsession
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? On Obsession I repeat the same pattern every few months. I’ll stop being productive on personal...
Teamwork
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, This week is coming late and is extremely short. I'm hitting roadblocks with the next, long...
Musical Discontent
Dear Reader, This Monday's newsletter is brought to you by a very tired human being ready to go to bed. I got tied up on public transit today, so I took the...