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Far Out is free, for anyone, and it stays that way — a dispatch, most weeks, written before I've made sense of it yet. The Long Letter is monthly, for members, and less caught mid-thought. Page is the almost-daily record, also for members. Everything on this site stays up, permanently.

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It All Falls (For)Doun

It All Falls (For)Doun

Someday we must all face reality. One day, it humbles: coming to the realization that you are the only dimwit from South Carolina driving to the Arctic Circle, as the rain begins

far out /fahr-out/ — interj. What Kiwis say instead of cursing. Covers both “that's incredible” and “that's terrible,” same two words, tone tells you which.

Far out is what you say when you didn't see it coming. This is everything that qualifies.

  1. It All Falls (For)Doun
  2. How I met my wife
  3. A Walk Through Cripplegate
  4. The bus is always late.
  5. six foot something and scared of our table

The Long Letter

Once a month, whatever I actually have to say. I couldn't tell you the shape of it ahead of time.

Written for members, back to the first one.

    First one's coming.

The almost-daily record. Written for members, back to the first one.

  1. No book, no marriage - Page 20
  2. From Exeter - Page 19 Members
  3. Sunny, Around the Bend - Page 17 Members
  4. Impulse Purchases - Page 16 Members
  5. A Day In London - Pages: Day 16 Members

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