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It Just Works

Only it doesn’t. Steve Jobs died and we’ve been living in the dark ages ever since. Never underestimate the power of an individual. He or she can move mountains, or destroy them, just ask Trump. Geniuses have vision. They deliver what we didn’t even know we wanted. And the rest of the purveyors… Never got […]

Caliphate

Caliphate I was killing time waiting for lunch. I needed cash, so I went into the bank, which has been turned into an investment center, with armchairs and couches, so I decided to sit down and read the newspaper. Now if you’re reading the “New York Times,” you know they’ve got this new feature, where […]

Nanette

Nanette | Official Trailer You want to watch this. No, you NEED to watch this. But you probably won’t, you probably won’t log into Netflix, and when you hear the half-hour of soft-spoken lesbian jokes you’ll be wondering, is that all there is? Is she even gonna get back to Nanette? No and no. I’ve […]

Judy Budzik

And now she’s dead. It’s one of my great life regrets, I threw away the invitation to her birthday party. I remember exactly where it happened, dropping it through the grate during recess. I’m not sure she saw me do it. Maybe I blocked it. But somehow she knew, and we were friends. This was […]