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Gauthic Times #104 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Rituals & Other Stuff

Hello, friends! Stuff. It’s one of those words, right? George Carlin had a whole bit on it. My stuff. I like using that word because it’s so…I don’t know…weak. It’s funny to me. When I want to be fancy, I’ll use accoutrements. That’s also a word I always misspell without Spellcheck. But stuff, I can […]

Gauthic Times #103 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or 2025: The Year We’ll Find Out

Hello, friends! Vacation is over. Tomorrow I go back to the day job. I’m pretty sad about it but that’s the way it is. The past week was pretty good. Did things around the apartment, did things for writing, and basically just was, if that makes any sense. Let’s get into the update for some […]

Gauthic Times #102 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or 2024: The Year We F–ked Around

Hello, friends! One week of vacation down and one week left. It’s rare to have a full two weeks off. I feel like that was the norm when I was a kid but that stopped happening at some point. This week has been relaxing and busy both. Pamela has been down for the count, first […]

Gauthic Times #101 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Heroes When We Need Them: A Holiday Musing

Hello, friends! This past week was The Longest Week In The School Year. The week before Christmas or Winter Vacation. A full five days took roughly five months to pass. But here I am on the other side and I have a full two-week break, which is unheard of these days. Anyway, let’s me get […]

Gauthic Times #100 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or The Room Where It Happens & Health Insurance Horrors

Hello, friends! This week has been busy and will only sort of calm down later today, after my family and I come back from seeing Hamilton. It’s playing in nearby Providence, Rhode Island, and we got my 12-year-old tickets for her birthday last month. I’m excited because I’ve never seen a Broadway show before (if […]

Gauthic Times #99 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Hello, There, and a List

Hello, friends! What a strange week this has been, but also a good one. At work, I was roped into helping do something for the school that I quite enjoyed. My boss got a substitute for me so I could work on the project and it made me see–even more–that I thrive in a situation […]

Gauthic Times #98 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Writing, Teaching, & the Ego

Hello, friends. I sat at the table this Thanksgiving with Pamela and G, a plate full of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, and cranberry sauce, almost all drowned in gravy. There was a roll ready to be made into a small sandwich that would get dipped into gravy. I looked around, happy to be […]

Gauthic Times #97 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Getting Yelled At for Fun & Profit…or At Least One of Those

Hello, friends. Have you seen the news? I haven’t. Not really. Why bother? I will stay informed in small doses but mainly I can’t bear the shitshow. This past week has been all sorts of crazy with basketball practices, teaching, Open House, and trying to get through life. I’m going to write about something that […]

Gauthic Times #96 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Words & Nightmares

Hello, friends. Another stellar week in the Bizarro Universe. Not sure how things got here and don’t really care at this point. This week was amazingly mundane if you ignored the chilling spectre of what’s to come. We’re winding down on the first trimester of school in our district and I have a bunch of […]

Gauthic Times #95 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or True Terror & No Empathy

Hello, friends. Last week I wrote: Oh, and there’s an election this week that will decide the fate of the United States. We’ll either wake up on Wednesday with the plan to continue democracy or with the knowledge that we’re about to go full authoritarianism. Either way, there’ll be violence, lies, and we’ll be one […]