Journal of American Despair

Journal of American Despair

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"This is easier than I expected."
The other day I watched a homeless man turn over a trash can and roll it a few hundred feet down the street so he could sit on it while he powered his…
Coming Soon
This very special edition of the Journal of American Despair will only make sense (if it makes sense at all) once you’ve clicked this link and read the…
The Bad Day
The bad day starts like any other.
I Digress
Blogs. Remember when blogs were a thing?
Growing Pains
One of the stranger things about being alive is that the longer you go without dying the more people think you know what you’re talking about…
I got the horse right here.
Nobody tells jokes anymore.
I Can't Forget
I am not especially bright.
Failure Notice
You’re not in competition, or at least not how you think
"I said, 'Your daddy loves you.' I said, 'Your daddy loves you very much. He just doesn't want to live with us anymore.'"
One of the reasons I started this curious and enthralling experiment with the newsletter format was to teach myself how to write again.
Angel hair, ice cream castles, feather canyons
The year that summer came late we wandered around in a permanent state of anxiety made bearable only by torpor.
Signal Problems
I was leaning on the door of the train (yes, I know this was dangerous, but I have been doing it my whole life and I have yet to fall out and sweet…
Fear Relieved
I have lived in the Union Square area for over twenty years, and even a casual estimate would have me passing by Grace Church thousands of times in that…
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