December 5, 2023:
Frankfurt School: declassed haute bourgeois nostalgic for the unique objects produced for them by fine craftsmen.
December 4, 2023:
Aerosmith: off-the-rack Halloween costume labelled "Generic rock band, c.1973".
December 3, 2023:
Twelve-year-old incel, desperate for acceptance at the grownups' table. Vying for entry with the magical incantation, repeated again and again and again and again: "Spinoza. Spinoza. Spinoza. Spinoza. Spinoza..."
- December 2, 2023: Rock and roll was honest.
- December 1, 2023: Sad. Angry.
- November 30, 2023: I hurt Lorrie by trying not to hurt her.
- November 29, 2023: Sandy dedicated "Wish You Were Here."
- November 28, 2023: "Always a woman to meee..."
- November 27, 2023: At the bank she walked right through a plate glass window.
- November 26, 2023: She took two days off.
- November 25, 2023: Leibniz sped up in his last decade.
- November 24, 2023: Open on the couch:
- November 23, 2023: Pain: physical and financial.
- November 22, 2023: In the office you introduce yourself to the well-known orchestrator.
- November 21, 2023: You swing your old blue and white VW bus backward around the poles supporting your covered driveway...
- November 20, 2023: Fat man and acid head, holding Booker T and the MGs hostage in a two-hour road movie.
- November 19, 2023: Girls' softball in ninety-degree sun.
- November 18, 2023: "Watch me fly!"
- November 17, 2023: The extra lanes make no difference at all.
- November 16, 2023: Spinning world, nausea, dry heaves.
- November 15, 2023: An old boss, an old department.
- November 14, 2023: Death on the right.
- November 13, 2023: Books on the headboard.
- November 12, 2023: I am a magnet for cops and crazy people.
- November 11, 2023: Lorde is my copilot.
- November 10, 2023: It's been a long time since I was up at 3am, writing.
- November 9, 2023: On the road between Billings and Butte it all falls together.
- November 8, 2023: All the kids in the crossing.
- November 7, 2023: "Who cares about them?"
- November 6, 2023: Trolley bro.
- November 5, 2023: High altitude.
- November 4, 2023: Old town: home at last.
- November 3, 2023: Wait, what?
- November 2, 2023: Ink, shoulder to fingertips, red ribbons on cutiepie pigtails...
- November 1, 2023: Bulk-ish Mexican bro with iPhone to his ear.
- October 31, 2023: High fire season.
- October 30, 2023: He's much, much older — and he wants a kiss.
- October 29, 2023: Your former Big Brother's adult daughter chats as she helps you pack.
- October 28, 2023: Wait — this is the wrong street.
- October 27, 2023: You should have parked closer.
- October 26, 2023: Street of houses on the summit before a very steep hill.
- October 25, 2023: Your former Big Brother is shocked that you don't have a financial advisor...
- October 24, 2023: Back in my world.
- October 23, 2023: What's that song?
- October 22, 2023: Motion: brilliant.
- October 21, 2023: Cook died here.
- October 20, 2023: The office empath declares me to be angry.
- October 19, 2023: There's a flaw in the system.
- October 18, 2023: Underground cavern inside the Gold Mine ride.
- October 17, 2023: 4,100 miles in six driving days.
- October 16, 2023: I am the KING of roadtrip junk food.
- October 15, 2023: "Actually, it is kindof clever how they punish philosophers."
- October 14, 2023: Of course...
- October 13, 2023: Highway cops in California hide from the road.
- October 12, 2023: Is there, in truth, a "will to live"?
- October 11, 2023: I wanted to study recording.
- October 10, 2023: The leadership is a cult.
- October 9, 2023: Between visits they replaced the outhouse with indoor plumbing.
- October 8, 2023: All over the midwest, all over Nebraska, all over the country.
- October 7, 2023: "So, how did you die, Mark?"
- October 6, 2023: "Count the number of trucks you encounter."
- October 5, 2023: Come down the pass on I-215 into heavy, brown haze.
- October 4, 2023: Desert exodus, I-15 South.
- October 3, 2023: The final two hours are annoying.
- October 2, 2023: Fifteen miles.
- October 1, 2023: I don't like the driving.