Hello Kitty
Moreno Valley is brown, hot, and sixty miles wide. Living there as a teenager was hellish: isolated and isolating. Summers were by far the worst, with...
The Mouse
I’ve never had mice because I’ve always had cats. There are all those studies that explain even the laziest house cat is an ecological disaster, eating up...
The Great Christmas Tree Caper
My mom loves pranks. Back when I lived at home, I watched her pull them on people she loved and people she hated. The degree of meanness and inconvenience...
This isn't even my final platform.
TinyLetter is dying. This is the platform I liked the most, the simplest free version of what does this job. And soon it will be no more. The loss of...
This isn't even my final platform.
TinyLetter is dying. This is the platform I liked the most, the simplest free version of what does this job. And soon it will be no more. The loss of...
Yellow leaves, dripping eaves.
I moved into a new apartment in Brooklyn this week. My windows are on the ground floor, and look out on to the big red front doors of a church. The grey...
Yellow leaves, dripping eaves.
I moved into a new apartment in Brooklyn this week. My windows are on the ground floor, and look out on to the big red front doors of a church. The grey...
I bought a one-way ticket to New York City.
Some projects are easy to tell you about. I think I've mentioned my horror novel about dentists a handful of times over the last year, even though I've only...
I bought a one-way ticket to New York City.
Some projects are easy to tell you about. I think I've mentioned my horror novel about dentists a handful of times over the last year, even though I've only...
Majestic dignity and grandeur.
August is an adjective. It's a good one, meaning something grand and fancy and dignified and admirable. That's always struck me as funny. It's the month best...
Majestic dignity and grandeur.
August is an adjective. It's a good one, meaning something grand and fancy and dignified and admirable. That's always struck me as funny. It's the month best...
Summertime Sadness (Remix)
I'm sadder about the death of Twitter than I'd like to admit. It's brought me some of the most precious relationships in my life and strengthened others....
Summertime Sadness (Remix)
I'm sadder about the death of Twitter than I'd like to admit. It's brought me some of the most precious relationships in my life and strengthened others....
Nothing lasts forever.
I've been in Berkeley for the last couple of weeks. I'm caring for the world's most adorable cat (I've paid my tax, see above) while I get to see old friends...
Nothing lasts forever.
I've been in Berkeley for the last couple of weeks. I'm caring for the world's most adorable cat (I've paid my tax, see above) while I get to see old friends...
Sharp about everyone but yourself.
I had a song stuck in my head. When I get a song stuck in my head, I go and play it loud. It's the cheapest form of exorcism— Spotify bills me monthly and...
Sharp about everyone but yourself.
I had a song stuck in my head. When I get a song stuck in my head, I go and play it loud. It's the cheapest form of exorcism— Spotify bills me monthly and...
I'm your number one fan.
Today's the day my book comes out. This book, Number One Fan, came from a lot of places. It came out of a night when I got drunk and got into an Uber and...
I'm your number one fan.
Today's the day my book comes out. This book, Number One Fan, came from a lot of places. It came out of a night when I got drunk and got into an Uber and...
It's been a year.
The last time I sent one of these out was July 2021. We were still calling it "hot vax summer" back then, not thinking we'd still be hot and cold a year...