Extra Evil - What Would Kenshiro Do?

Today’s Fortune: Avoid narrow references.

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Newsreel

Overcrowded prisons became overcrowded ovens.

Rep. Greene ate alone in the House cafeteria.

Israel replaced judges with mannequins.

Russian conscription expanded to anyone that fits in the truck.

Barbie is this week’s cudgel for your enemies.

Research indicates heavy heat and pollution exposure “not great.”

Today's Mood

War Journal

Want to meet your worst self? Be inconvenienced by a tragedy. Ideally, civilization will guide your words and actions. But that won’t stop your brain from grumbling.

By external observation, I might be decent. On average. But my narration this week sounds demonic.

Stock hustle-maxim #15 says you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with. What do you think of that idea?

I’ve lived with four friends before. Is that closer to cloning, a cult, recess, or grad school?

Is it just real life? Or does your web ring matter? Is it one list, or separate leagues?

Would you judge social climbers less harshly? I think I’d have to. Pandering would be similar to eating well, doing pushups, and catching eight hours. I still wouldn’t, but I skip 2/3rds of those basics.

I’d riff on the romantic side, but plenty of us openly operate like this.

It’d be terrible news for prison guards. There’s really no choice but corruption. Depending on the layout, your gang’s already been picked for you. To say nothing of your senator.

Here’s an American thought.

I’m in a hand-me down phone chain. The person on top upgrades, and the next person gets their old phone, so on and so forth. I believe it ends in an iPhone 6 in Kingston.

Does that happen often with guns? Someone has to do it. Charlie buys a smart pistol, Dave gets Charlie’s old revolver, and Anne gets Dave’s handgun from the nineties. That’s friendship. Until the accident.

I almost wrote a subtweet, before remembering Fist of the North Star. Kenshiro doesn’t subtweet, so I shouldn’t. Be like Kenshiro. The only aggression is aggressive-aggression.

I don’t have all the answers. But I do have a mystery box.

The Present

Some of my favorite and least accessible work.

This New Yorker bit is catching on, which is a fair trade for the planet boiling.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this were about right.

Me vs. a reactionary poetry circle.

Make sure your home has an emergency copy of Everything Abridged.

The Past

That burlesque business was fun.

The Future

The most bizarre blue shell of my life has me starting a timely effort from scratch. Wish me luck.

Just found my Reunions notes. Once I get out of purgatory, expect an Expensive Evil about that.

That sci-fi bit from last time’s on hold. I’m spinning plates on every finger right now.

One Sentence Reviews

Jackie Kashian - This Will Make an Excellent Horcrux: Hits a great stride. (3.5/5)

Paper Girls Vol.5: Bounce pass. (3.5/5)

Paper Girls Vol.6: Lay-up. (4/5)

OMNY: AAAAAGH! (1/5)

Barebells: I should start eating actual food again. (4.5/5)

Open Question

Signing off

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-DD