You can tell someone’s trying to bullshit you when they’re selling you on possibilities. Lots of things are possible. But we live in the actual and we’re heading toward the likely. If someone’s sales pitch focuses more on the possible…
you can stop dreaming, I’ll dream for you
originally posted on Substack on October 3rd, 2023 I I’m in no position to give labor organizing advice. I’ve been active in my workplace union since I started this job ten years ago. I’ve been a steward since 2016. There…
someday my body will be just a body
Keep a home long enough and you’ll come up with “laundry TV.” It’s the kind of show you put on in the background while doing a simple chore that doesn’t require much problem-solving: folding laundry, washing dishes, scrubbing the bathroom.…
we can’t go out but we still wanna dance
I Invite someone who lived in Boston ten years ago to go to karaoke in Allston and you will conjure a specific vibe. The neighborhood of Allston sits between Boston College and Boston University, and it isn’t far from Northeastern…
I hope they never understand us
We’ve taken three domestic flights as a family so far this year, two within a span of four weeks. It’s about as easy as it’s ever been to book a flight these days. Whether that flight will actually take off…
always an angel, never a god
I It’s a joke so old I don’t know how to properly source it: the horror of asking a coworker how they’re doing and getting a sincere response. “Well, my mom’s in the hospital; my kid broke his arm; I’m…