The Point You're Making
Seven words I learned from a man who meant them unkindly.
Issue #15 · Aug 16, 2026 · 5 min
Life outside the clinic
The other observations - the ones that do not fit under a clinical heading but keep showing up anyway. People, places, and small moments that turn into something worth writing down.
Ask like a ten-year-old.
Kids get more yeses for one simple reason - they still let people answer for themselves.
Issue #13 · Aug 1, 2026 · 5 min
I'm optimizing for a Tuesday in 2050
When my oldest is my age, I'll be in my early eighties. Once you do that math you can't undo it. It changes what fitness is for.
Issue #11 · Jul 18, 2026 · 4 min
I count backwards for a living.
Count backwards from one hundred. Almost nobody makes it past ninety-four. A note from the far side of the drapes on what people surrender when they go under.
Issue #8 · Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min
Resort people
By the pool I figured out there are two kinds of people on a beach vacation, and I don't think any of us can help which one we are. A small theory.
Issue #2 · May 16, 2026 · 5 min
The waiter doesn't remember me
Every year I order the same eggs from the same waiter. His name is Sam. This visit he didn't know me. A note about small rituals, and the way time works.
Issue #1 · May 9, 2026 · 4 min