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The Invisible Spider Trick

Warning: this newsletter contains spiders.

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I'm a Yule Enthusiast

My encounter with a bitey dog.

An old drawing a knight drinking from a chalice. blogs

Coffee and Whiskey, Please

My plan for celebrating Chrismas with a bottle of expensive bourbon has gone a rye.

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Wrongcards and the Mind Virus

I've been revisiting some of my older cards. Some of them are inexplicable.

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A Not So Cricketty Christmas

Some games of cricket can last for weeks. In fact, I think that's one of the reasons I moved to America.

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The Infernal Terracotta Pot

I slightly injured myself. Then, whilst forced to do nothing at all, I began to wonder about my own mental well-being.

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Strange Passage, Part Two

And then I was locked up in a holding cell, wondering what to do next.

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And The FBI Has Lost My Fingerprints

This sort of thing happens to me quite a lot.

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In the Garden of the Danger Noodles

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

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Adventures are Greatly Overrated

And also: the people who enthuse about them don't know what they're talking about.

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Back to the Countway

For possibly the final time, I visited the Countway Library of Medicine.

Me versus me. stories

Me Versus Me

Well, here we are in the middle of a pandemic. So, uh -- how's it all going?

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misbehaving at parties

Ten years have passed since that horrible, awkward night and I'm still trying to process it.

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The problem with Yetis

For about a month or so, Boudica and I had almost daily arguments about the existence of Yetis.

Covid is a bummer. stories

smiling in a time of contagion

I’m getting a bit wary of opening newsletters at the moment.

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Everything Is Not Awesome

You know what The Script is - it's the ritual with which we signal to one another that we're not alarmingly unusual.

Makimon rolls. stories

The Cold, Moist Salmon of Hypocrisy

I don't care who you are, there's something other-worldy about having your conscience called-out by a three-year-old.

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Why Must Halloween Be So Awkward?

I'd been ignoring Halloween for the past decade.

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Cats and Monkeys, Living Together

So a friend got himself a cat, and now he needs my advice.

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i am back

I'm back

Quarrels with dogs in the dead of night. stories

Quarrels with Dogs in the Dead of Night, Part II

My dog has tried to kill me on ninety-three occasions.

Quarrels with dogs in the dead of night. stories

Quarrels with Dogs in the Dead of Night, Part I

It was around this time last year that I did something fairly foolish.

A stairway down... stories

The Rat Lieutenant is Dead

In which I contemplate the renting of a bobcat.

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Blueberry Scone and Tall Americano

Sometimes, I make mistakes.