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(with apologies to Alex, Neil, and Geddy) On the teevee People I don’t know Living their best lives Buying the dream house Eating the fine food On the…
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Matthew Broyles
Carpe Diem
“The day is short, the task is great, and I am idle…” — Toad the Wet Sprocket, Enough I’ve seized a lot of days in my time. Yesterday I was looking…
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Happily Ever After
We all love a happy ending. It is, of course, one of the reasons why movies are so popular. A satisfying conclusion, a definitive cut-off point at which…
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Matthew Broyles
The Pale Blue Dot
It seems like every few weeks, there’s an announcement heralding the discovery of a new potentially Earth-like planet somewhere off in the cosmic…
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A Fate Worse Than Death
Over the past few years, I have bumped up against a pillar of our culture that is so deeply ingrained that most of us don’t even think about its…
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Matthew Broyles
Freedom
Let us strive To be less productive Less lean More aware that GDP is not The best way to judge a nation’s greatness Proud in our insistence On measuring…
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Words Matter
I used to pick on language pedants. Certainly, I’m a stickler for grammar and spelling, but my militancy on that front has tended to be self-focused…
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Matthew Broyles
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