1000 Ledes n + 16: Breaking Anonymity
I made the second call, just like I’d made the first. “I miss you. I think I’ve made a mistake.” He’s quiet. Finally, “I had to work very hard to get used to the idea of being without you.” “And?” “I...
View ArticleParenting in the age of Paranoia: A Small Manifesto
We live in a contracting world, with diminishing options to travel far from your home and meet people of unfamiliar backgrounds- if you’re a child. With increasingly regimented time, homework starting...
View ArticleHow to Open a Vein redux (text as written)
(Numbered by the minute. Tip for other Ignite speakers: I used text to speech to time the talk, which worked pretty well.) 0. Hi my name is Quinn, I write for a living. Some days I write more than...
View ArticleNew Years Day: Things I have learned in the last ten years
Most of the things I learned in the last ten years (like perl, what the hippocampus does, or how to build a ring flash) aren’t very useful to most people. But I learned many amazing, terrible, and...
View Article1000 ledes n + 22: Prologue
For the want of a better word from a time before words, before names, before almost any of the story of life, XDFJVTH loved GHSTDF. They were close family, and their Last Common Ancestor was a mere 2...
View Article1000 ledes n + 23: On losing your home and possessions while falling in love
ADD has nothing on oxytocin, adrenaline, and displacement. It’s hard to stay focused on another
View Article1000 ledes n + 24: A Stone for Breaking Souls
The problem with betrayal is that it takes a long time to recognize if you’re not the sort that does it. Even then, it’s impossible to to take it in all at once, like fitting a strangely shaped and...
View ArticleThe Utilitarian and the Devil: A Parable for the Dead
One day, the Utilitarian got out some candles, noxious herbs, bread, sour wine, and some blood, took off his clothes, and summoned the Devil. The Devil appeared in the the palpable dark punctually,...
View Article
