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J’ai les jambes!

Several years ago, a friend and I had a discussion about those supposedly “feel-good” types of posts and stories about people who “managed to find happiness despite terrible circumstances,” and how awful we felt about them. Granted, I am quite certain that we both had clinical depression at the time, but that isn’t the point. […]

Instead of a Eulogy

An acquaintance died the other day.  I feel kind of weird about it.  For the sake of privacy, I’ll call him “S.”  Tonight I sent this PM to a mutual acquaintance on Facebook, except I edited out the name of the deceased, the city, and the building where we all used to work.  I’m calling […]

Fuck gratitude

Fuck gratitude

I am not grateful for anything. There. I said it. If you’re grateful for things and that works for you, YAY! Just don’t tell me about it like you know the secret to the Universe and I’m a complete idiot for not “getting it.” I see the word “gratitude” all over the place lately. It’s […]