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An Offering to the Gods
I must confess (though to do so is to slash At my own grapevines), we poets often do Great harm to ourselves — for instance, when you’re weary And…
Paul Fidalgo
Jun 27, 2021
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The Areas of Our Concern
I expect you to have Very Strong Feelings about this piece.
Paul Fidalgo
Apr 19, 2021
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The Big Thing
About a year ago, I announced my intention to complete a major writing project that I had begun, and subsequently abandoned, two and a half years…
Paul Fidalgo
Apr 3, 2021
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Survival Mode
It’s freezing. I can’t stop shivering. I’m in the middle of a snow-blighted wasteland, and everything is white, and it would be hard to tell day from…
Paul Fidalgo
Mar 7, 2021
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Comparisons are odorous
A long time ago, I began to take a serious interest in music; that is, listening to it, singing along with it, and indulging in fantasies about being a…
Paul Fidalgo
Feb 2, 2021
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Why I need superheroes
As an awkward, neurotic, bespectacled smartypants, I am stereotypically predisposed to be a fan of superheroes. And so I am, but only fairly recently…
Paul Fidalgo
Dec 13, 2020
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We are all Karens now
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, so they say. Wicked deeds and ideas can be defeated by offering them up to public scrutiny, exposing them as morally…
Paul Fidalgo
Dec 7, 2020
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Who cares what I think?
I thought it was about time I gave myself permission to write about things that weren't all that important. We're living through such Unprecedented…
Paul Fidalgo
Nov 27, 2020
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The Other Apple Silicon Laptop
I am tantalized by the glowing reviews of the new MacBooks running on Apple's own processors, wherein normally jaded tech pundits express their…
Paul Fidalgo
Nov 20, 2020
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Ordinary time
I took some time off last week, which was desperately needed, and it gave me some extra time to do more extracurricular writing. So that's good! I know…
Paul Fidalgo
Nov 16, 2020
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What if We Just Let Them Think They Won?
The United States is politically held hostage by tens of millions of people living in a delusional version of reality. No matter the facts staring them…
Paul Fidalgo
Nov 15, 2020
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My Old Enemy, Natural Selection
I’m beginning to hate natural selection. I’m not talking about the theory of evolution as a scientific concept, I mean I am having some strong feelings…
Paul Fidalgo
Nov 14, 2020
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