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Essay: The World’s Largest Ball of Paint
John discusses roadside attractions
“I'm fascinated by roadside attractions because they are one place where we see the work of huge systems intersect with the work of tiny individuals.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:25PM
John discusses roadside attractions
“I'm fascinated by roadside attractions because they are one place where we see the work of huge systems intersect with the work of tiny individuals.”
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Essay: Three Farmers On Their Way to a Dance
John discusses perspective and photographs
“They are reminders that I, too, would in time be surprised by history, and that a picture, though static, keeps changing as its viewers change.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:54PM
John discusses perspective and photographs
“They are reminders that I, too, would in time be surprised by history, and that a picture, though static, keeps changing as its viewers change.”
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Essay: "New Partner"
John discusses how music can transport us in time
“I hope it carries you to places you need to visit without asking you to stay in them.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:42PM
John discusses how music can transport us in time
“I hope it carries you to places you need to visit without asking you to stay in them.”
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Essay: Sycamore Trees
John discusses despair and belief
“When I was a teenager, I used the why game as a way of establishing that if you dig deep enough, there is no why.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:33PM
John discusses despair and belief
“When I was a teenager, I used the why game as a way of establishing that if you dig deep enough, there is no why.”
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Essay: The QWERTY Keyboard
John discusses human invention
“The keyboard is my path to having thoughts, and also my path to sharing them.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:15PM
John discusses human invention
“The keyboard is my path to having thoughts, and also my path to sharing them.”
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Essay: The Mountain Goats
John discusses music
“The Mountain Goats have shaped the way I think and listen so profoundly that I don't know who I would be without them, only that I wouldn't be me.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:08PM
John discusses music
“The Mountain Goats have shaped the way I think and listen so profoundly that I don't know who I would be without them, only that I wouldn't be me.”
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Essay: The Notes App
John discusses technology and time
“I can still parse some of the notes, and taken together they do form a strange kind of autobiography, a way into knowing myself through the lens of what I cared about.”
— Dec 09, 2021 09:04PM
John discusses technology and time
“I can still parse some of the notes, and taken together they do form a strange kind of autobiography, a way into knowing myself through the lens of what I cared about.”
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Essay: The Hot Dogs of Baejarins Beztu Pylsur
John discusses hot dogs and cultural experiences
“I don't even particularly like hot dogs, but that hot dog was among the most joyous culinary experiences of my life.”
— Dec 09, 2021 08:55PM
John discusses hot dogs and cultural experiences
“I don't even particularly like hot dogs, but that hot dog was among the most joyous culinary experiences of my life.”
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Essay: Wintry Mix
John discusses weather and pathetic fallacy
“The weather may not have human emotions, but it does cause them.”
— Dec 09, 2021 08:10PM
John discusses weather and pathetic fallacy
“The weather may not have human emotions, but it does cause them.”
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Essay: Plague
John discusses historic plagues and human connection
“But for me, the most gutting repetition in plague accounts is the abandonment of the ill, who were often left to die alone due to fear of contagion.”
— Dec 09, 2021 05:09PM
John discusses historic plagues and human connection
“But for me, the most gutting repetition in plague accounts is the abandonment of the ill, who were often left to die alone due to fear of contagion.”
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Essay: Viral Meningitis
John discusses viruses and pain
“We end up expressing our doubt in the face of their certainty, which only compounds the extent to which pain separates the person experiencing it from the wider social order. “
— Dec 08, 2021 05:11PM
John discusses viruses and pain
“We end up expressing our doubt in the face of their certainty, which only compounds the extent to which pain separates the person experiencing it from the wider social order. “
