Lengthy, Morose, Self-Deprecating, Satirical, and Overwritten Reflections

[maenads_dance]

I begin most of my days by going back to bed. My dog wakes up with the sun, and I with him; I let him out into the yard, prepare his breakfast, stand about sleepily in the kitchen waiting for the rest of the family to descend. This morning was typical: my mother was the first down, looking wan (she has been crying steadily for the past two or

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[siberiannight]

I'd think the Atlantic worthwhile for Ta-Nahesis Coates alone, but I must confess the idea that subscribing would give money to Christopher Hitchens really does bother me. I'm pretty convinced that he and Camille Paglia together embody the true spirit of 'contrarian' punditry/'public intellectual' discourse. Which is to say an attitude and a writing style that is cute in a precocious high school student and a set of attitudes that are 'contrary' mostly because they're either monstrous or stupid.