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Spring 2025 Tiny Letter
April 7, 2025
FIRST… Amidst the awfulness, a beacon of hope Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor. Republicans...
Would you help me if I were in crisis? | Tiny Letter, Feb 2025
February 11, 2025
Dear Friends, Some of you I know well, and some of you I’ve not seen in years. Some live nearby, and some thousands of miles distant. However, I’m confident...
Late Winter Tiny Letter, Captain Obvious edition
January 12, 2025
Hello, friends. I wouldn’t usually send newsletters quite so often, but it seems I’ve accumulated some really good articles and essays to share share with...
Winter 2025 Tiny Letter: Still no national politics!
December 16, 2024
Hi Friends, I’m not ignoring the Katamari Damacy-style dumpster fire entirely, just holding off on comment for a bit longer. I know you’re soooo...
Fall 2024 Tiny Letter - no national politics!
November 12, 2024
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Late summer tiny letter
September 23, 2024
Hello, everyone. Here are some recent finds - photos, articles, anecdotes. The coolest I’m not a car buff, but there are some vintage models so elegant in...
Mid-summer tiny letter - now with subject line!
July 29, 2024
Friends - sorry for the duplicate, I messed up the subject line. “This time, for sure!” - Rocky & Bullwinkle Three-fer One summer day, I had three noteworthy...
Mid-summer tiny letter
July 28, 2024
Three-fer One summer day, I had three noteworthy experiences. 1) I rode a mechanical bull. I was told the setting was ‘medium’. No stirrups, no handholds...
Summer 2024 Newsletter
June 9, 2024
Greeting from Portland summer. With my Wisconsin driver’s license set to expire soon, I went to the DMV to get an Oregon license. The clerk and I went...
Spring 2024 Tiny Letter
April 20, 2024
Dear Friends, Greetings from spring. Everything is blooming, and spirits are just a bit more lifted. Not much personal news to report here, but lots of good...
Late Winter 2024 letter
March 5, 2024
Hello, friends. Lots of good stuff for you in this newsletter. What do they sound like though? The Portland airport has therapy llamas. No, for real....
Winter 2024 Tiny Letter
January 1, 2024
Dear Friends, Happy New Year from Los Angeles, where I am currently wrapping up cat sitting duties. Venice Beach rings In adjacent Santa Monica, I waited my...
Fall 2023 Tiny Letter
November 5, 2023
Hello friends, Greetings from the Pacific Northwest. Quick facts: For Halloween I went as Clickbait. Sorry, no photos available, the one I have is terrible....
Late summer 2023 Tiny Letter
August 26, 2023
Hello, friends. You'll notice this newsletter looks a bit different. I have moved away from the Substack platform. Unfortunately, Substack, under the guise...
Spring 2023 tiny letter
May 7, 2023
Hello friends, I’d like to say I have a host of deep thoughts to share since the last newsletter, but I’m a bit short of those at the moment. I am grateful...
Mid-winter 2023 tiny letter
February 25, 2023
Radiooooo! The premise of this site is simple, it highlights songs from around the globe across the last 100 years or so. It's a great way to discover new...
Winter 2022 Tiny Letter
December 11, 2022
First Portland winter This is the start of my first Portland winter. I expect it will get colder and rainier, but so far it has been distinctly tolerable,...
Fall tiny letter
October 20, 2022
Getting creative in Mandarin Chinese In 2018, #MeToo, the hashtag people around the world use to discuss sexual harassment, was blocked on social media in...
Late summer tiny letter...
September 2, 2022
The Portland apartment I consider myself extremely fortunate to have found my apartment. The building is pretty new, I believe it's about 10 years old. I've...
Summer Tiny Letter, Portland edition
July 11, 2022
Crossing the great divide, cycling bias edition As you may know, I have moved to Portland, Oregon, following a 7-day, 2,000 mile cross-country journey....
Summer-leaning tiny letter
May 20, 2022
A group after my own heart The premise is simple. When a city is unresponsive to fundamental needs like crosswalks, you paint them yourself. The article...
Early spring 2022 tiny letter
March 18, 2022
Dave Black, R.I.P. I grew up in Madison, left for college and post-college life in the Twin Cities for 10 years, then returned in 2001. I took a job on...
Winter 2022 tiny letter
February 16, 2022
In praise of Instapaper I have worked in tech since the late 90s, though I bristle when I am referred to as an IT guy. Sounds too much like the awkward dorks...
2021 Holiday-adjacent Tiny Letter
December 28, 2021
Words of gratitude What a year. What a pandemic. I'm certainly not having a wonderful time of it, and I wonder who is. But when I reflect on the present era,...
Winter tiny letter
November 24, 2021
Fleishman is in trouble I was prepared to toss this book aside, as on first glance, it appeared to be just another predictable story about someone getting...
Fall 2021 Tiny Letter
October 22, 2021
Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone As a child, one of my primary grievances with my parents was the moratorium on Saturday morning cartoons (or cartoons at...
Late summer tiny letter
September 11, 2021
The messenger matters I give blood regularly with the Red Cross. It only takes around 30-40 minutes. I also gave platelets once, but that takes more like 2+...
Summer Tiny Letter
July 26, 2021
Echoing the words of an obscure character from The Onion, it's been a long time since I last rapped at ya…I'd suggest this is because of the great weather....
May 2021 tiny letter
May 15, 2021
A book, in brief No one is talking about this is not exactly a fun read, and perhaps not a memorable one either. So why would you bother with it? In short,...
April 2021 Tiny Letter
April 4, 2021
Luster, a novel Edie is an unmoored, emotionally complex, Black NYC 20-something with a propensity for affairs. When she meets Eric, a settled, white...
Spring is-a-comin' Tiny Letter, March 2021
March 7, 2021
God exists, and he lives in Belgium I very much enjoyed this whimsical, irreverent film. God is portrayed as a grumpy, vindictive middle-aged man who spends...
Mid-winter tiny letter
February 6, 2021
SKIP THIS IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE MORE POSITIVE STUFF The problem that plagues all societies I've been thinking lately about China, and what structures,...
(Almost) New Year's edition
December 26, 2020
Everything goes through the Americafilter It used to bother me when people would wish me Merry Christmas. Sometimes I would even wish them Happy Hanukkah in...
Tiny letter #8
December 11, 2020
A DEEP DIVE INTO A GREAT TUNE The Smiths - How Soon Is Now As Steven Wilson said, and I am fond of repeating, there is too much of everything. It's so easy...
Apocalypse, avoided. Tiny Letter #7, November 2020
November 13, 2020
Sunset Boulevard through the years I have a soft spot for movies and series that painstakingly re-create past eras. Even if the story isn't amazing,...
Tiny letter #6, Fall 2020
October 19, 2020
Share this post, if you like. Share LET’S START WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE The World’s Largest Chocolate Museum Debuts in Switzerland “Launched by Lindt, the...
Tiny Letter #5
September 27, 2020
Hello Friends, Welcome to another tiny letter. I send these out periodically as an alternative to communicating via social media. Subscribe or unsubscribe as...
Missive #4, September 2020
September 6, 2020
Coveting unusual instruments With all kinds of instruments available with a web browser and a credit card, it's refreshing to hear a whole set of somewhat...
Tiny Letter #3
August 14, 2020
An interview with Bill Gates, who saw this coming ARS Technica has a great interview with Bill Gates about the pandemic response, or lack thereof. I know you...
Missive #2
August 13, 2020
An interview with Bill Gates, who saw this coming ARS Technica has a great interview with Bill Gates about the pandemic response, or lack thereof. I know you...
Welcome to a tiny letter
August 2, 2020
Hello, friends.In an effort to mostly remove myself from the social media stream, and in pursuit of a better way to keep in digital contact with folks, I've...