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Erin Whitehead's avatar

“…look down to answer a text and cause a twenty-fuck pileup” really made me laugh

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Thank you, Erin!!! I was embarrassingly proud of myself for it.

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Martin Rosenblum's avatar

OMG! What memories this brings back. I bought my jeans jacket as a celebration when Nixon resigned in 1974(?). I was foolishly optimistic. Now I am a wizened old man shouting at the clouds.

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Allen Ibrahim's avatar

Absolutely wild to read this post and stare six inches to my left at my newly-unleased denim jacket that I received multiple compliments on today. We are indeed so back.

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kieran's avatar

PS put the divorce book on hold at the library despite having never been married — I trust your judgment!

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kieran's avatar

That lineup for Padma was beyond, I really gotta catch that next year. I have always heard she is good people and the pasta story affirms that!

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Andrew Mogendorff's avatar

Great song recommendation! Good and fresh, while also reminding me a lot of britpop, especially Elastica, with some Cardiacs thrown in for good measure

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear josh,

great piece as always!

i love this: "We really stuck the Kurt Vonnegut 'if this isn’t nice I don’t know what is' landing on Wednesday."

this IS nice! thanks for sharing it all!

love

myq

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