I did a shopping run a few nights ago—something that I almost, just now, described as “final”—waiting until around 11PM to hit the local ShopRite. The scene felt surreal: empty shelves; palettes of unpacked products everywhere; signs declaring shortages and rations. Through all this, the syrupy 80s pop music trickling down through the grimy little […]
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About a mile east of where I took this photo—a little beyond where the farthest set of headlights is—there is a dented guardrail with a half-foot streak of blue paint on it. Honda calls that shade Aegean Blue, for reasons probably more related to market research than geography, but I didn’t care about the fancy […]
John Hancock
Signatures are important. Maybe a little too important. I have two: an ornate, professional one I put on important documents, and a lazy squiggle I put on receipts. Just a quick swoosh: that’s what’s worked its way into my muscle memory whenever someone asks me to sign a receipt or tablet. Nobody looks at these […]