Archive - Silly Magic Eight Ball

A Choose-Your-Valentine Love Letter Adventure

These letters are works of fiction. Mostly.

Feb 14 •

January 2025

I Want You to Have a "Nice Enough" Year

Hi! Here's what I mean.

Jan 7 •

December 2024

The Dark Side to the Death of the 9-to-5

What labor loses as the flex economy grows.

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

"If Only She Listened to Me, She Would've Won."

Yes, your hot take is valid. But also, respectfully, shut up and zoom out.

Nov 15, 2024 •

October 2024

What Ought to Be Taught in Schools

There are so many lessons.

Oct 3, 2024 •

September 2024

Are You in the Right Job?

Cool jobs, cool work, cool self, cool cool cool!!!

Sep 17, 2024 •

The Absurdity of the Organized Pantry

We have an aesthetically organized stuff problem, and it’s making our homes/parties/spending/class consciousness/self image weird.

Sep 5, 2024 •

August 2024

Real You vs. Vacation You

I went on vacation.

Aug 23, 2024 •

Brownie Points and Booty Calls

Is it wrong to do things to curry social favor when we're not all rewarded — or punished — the same?

Aug 15, 2024 •

Stop Overthinking Kindness

Wanna make someone’s day? It’s really not that hard.

Aug 7, 2024 •

July 2024

Who Gets a Paying Audience?

Why Substack, Medium, and other platforms purporting an egalitarian message but a for-profit model drives us all into an early grave. Does it have to?

Jul 31, 2024 •

The Scariest Thing About Scary Movies Isn't What You Think

Uh oh! The call is most definitely always coming from inside the house

Jul 19, 2024 •

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