Archive - The Etc.

Truth Before Beauty

Jun 2 •

Summer Block Lizer

April 2024

Backseat; or, Two Stories About Driving

1. This fall Margaret started kindergarten at a school that requires uniforms.

Apr 29, 2024 •

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September 2023

In which our hero gets Botox

Sep 1, 2023 •

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May 2023

A few days ago we were eating at our local breakfast taco place when the Brooks & Dunn song “Neon Moon” (1991) came on and I remembered with a start…

May 23, 2023 •

Summer Block Lizer

January 2023

The Idea of Permanence

A few weeks ago and with absolutely no context, Beatrice (who goes by Apollo now) ran up to me and said, “I can’t believe you threw me into the pool!”

Jan 1, 2023 •

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October 2022

The Unreal History of Halloween

Unruly Teenagers, Realistic Woodchippers, and the Restless Dead

Oct 20, 2022 •

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The Unreal History of Halloween

Magical Kale, Teen Romance, and the Truth About Halloween Fortune-Telling

Oct 10, 2022 •

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September 2022

August 2022

Today Beatrice, Arthur, and William went back to school, to grades 8, 6, and 3, respectively.

Aug 16, 2022 •

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April 2022

But Enough About Me; Or, the Ethics of Analogy

This is my 40th newsletter!

Apr 21, 2022 •

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