The United States Postal Service has a few problems just in time for Christmas.

As it turns out, sending a Christmas present to Germany is more difficult than crossing the Maginot Line.

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November 2025

Chocolate Is King: A terrible Thanksgiving tale.

I’m not new to inappropriate Thanksgiving tales, but a decade ago, after significant professional degradation during this time of giving thanks, I…

Nov 18 • 

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The rise and fall of civilization is because of shopping carts.

While watching my overweight cat swat his partially empty food bowl around and while looking at me accusingly, I was reminded that there are several…

Nov 5 • 

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October 2025

A reader's manifesto, revisited and lightly acidic.

Even a nation brainwashed to equate artsiness with art knows when its eyelids are drooping.

Oct 28 • 

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When you can't read the fine print, and it happens to be in your Bible.

I got a new Bible last week.

Oct 20 • 

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A writing class via Zoom, and my apology session with God afterwards.

I don’t know how the kids did it, during the pandemic.

Oct 15 • 

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The terrifying convergence of beef Wellington, Midsomer Murders, X-Files, and that one time John Nettles liked my Tweet.

It's a real stretch, believe me.

Oct 6 • 

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What does it look like to pick up the mic?

A couple of things have mucked up my regular weekly Substack writing schedule.

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Charlie is gone. We are not.

How should we now live?

Sep 22 • 

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Saying goodbye to fading seasons in life.

It's not easy to know when time has moved on.

Sep 10 • 

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In the grand history of horrible logo remakes, Cracker Barrel is nowhere near as Legendary as what Doug Burgum did to the state of North…

Fonts matter.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

The rise and expansion of non-nutritive information.

It is difficult to select for less.

Aug 25 • 

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