Category: just life
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measuring up
Capitalism has done great things, sure, but it has also forced us all to weigh our worth against a single accounting ledger. That is to say, of all the ways to measure a human being, tallys of the good and bad parts of ourselves set against a moral backdrop or a social yardstick or an…
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gossip
Realizing that someone is talking about you behind your back can be a jarring experience. Realizing that two strangers are talking about you through the trees more difficult to categorize. I had gone for a walk in the sweltering heat. The last few days have been marked by temperatures that are neither unexpected nor unseasonable,…
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hot and cold
It’s sometimes easier to heat things up than it is to cool things down. See. I figured out why I prefer the winter to the summer. As I sit here writing this the outside temperature is climbing into the thirty Celcius range and simply existing outdoors is legitimately uncomfortable. Living in Canada I get to…