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The Peanut Butter Detour
“I WANT COTTON, NOT WHATEVER THIS STRETCHY THING IS.”
29 mins ago
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I Had My Best Year Ever on Substack. I Don’t Think It Counts.
Or: how I accidentally grew a newsletter while everything else was on fire. Part 1
Jan 1
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December 2025
The Theater That Stopped Ringing
How I fixed my ex-boyfriend’s movie theater and accidentally built a case study
Dec 28, 2025
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I’m Gen X. I’ve been writing on the web since 1999. Let me tell you what changed.
Here's a quick trip down memory lane about how online writing has changed since I started doing this in 1999, approximately 3.5 billion years ago.
Dec 26, 2025
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JanuceTutu and the Great Xfinity Pilgrimage
JanuceTutu sounds like a username for a former ballerina Muppet, not an 89-year-old Chinese immigrant.
Dec 18, 2025
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When the AI Sounds Confident and I’m Running on Three Hours of Sleep
Or: Why I Still Have to Fix Its Bullshit at 11 PM
Dec 11, 2025
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A Master Class in Caregiving Logistics
Or: How I Became My Mother’s Entire Supply Chain During a Holiday That’s Supposedly About Family
Dec 4, 2025
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November 2025
The AARP Hat My Dad Thought Burglars Left Behind
We reach for visible resets—a buzzed head, a new haircut, a rearranged room—when the invisible work of changing our lives feels impossibly stuck, but…
Nov 27, 2025
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How I Got Owned by a Dim Sum Cart Lady in Front of My Boyfriend (A Tragedy in Mandarin)
REMIXED. ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: 08/16/2012.
Nov 26, 2025
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Boy Game Broke
A mother–son tech support saga told in two languages, zero screens, and infinite patience. Original publish date: 05/11/2014.
Nov 22, 2025
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My Wrist Guard Is Missing
The Pain That Stayed
Nov 20, 2025
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When Your Mother Doesn't Know What a Pound Sign Is and You Realize You Don't Either
Original publish date: 11-07-2006
Nov 19, 2025
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