Big Cat, Little Cat: Playing Telephone Playing Telephone: Mistakes and Fiction This is one of the most interesting and thorny subjects. It’s hard to imagine a bigger difference between fiction and life than the issue of mistakes. In life, we make mistakes all the time. We act against our self-interest. And of course we just…
Month: December 2022
Church and School:
At long last, it’s the holiday break! Two weeks away from school, grading work, scraped knees, runny noses, and spelling quizzes. A chance to relax and come back refreshed in January. So of course, I started my break by visiting my parents and going to church with them. School and church. At least I’m keeping them…
Observations of a Jew on Christmas
Let’s talk about Christmas. Sure, I’m Jewish and I talk a lot about being Jewish. But when you consider how many of your favorite Christmas songs (and the best Christmas songs) were written by Jews, it’s clear that Jews have plenty to say about Christmas. I certainly do. Christmas, Whether you Like it or Not…
Merry Christmas! (Caturday)
Big Cat, Little Cat: What, to a Cat, is Christmas? Description Three identical images side by side. In each, two cats sit on a cushion. On the left sits a large orange with darker orange stripes. He smiles down at his companion, eyes closed, face placid. On the right sits a small grey with darker…
An Archaic Concept of Me, Delivery 12: Song of the Sea
Where we left it in Delivery 11: “And you did not have sex with him?” I asked bluntly as I turned my gaze to her eyes again. Even as I asked I felt I was out of line. The subject of sex had suddenly appeared in my own mind. I remembered what she had told…
Great Escape: The Breakup of a Band
Sometimes I lose myself in my frustrationPerhaps of some bad romanceStuck in a complicated situationWe escaped into the wild A million sunbeams seep through the treesA thousand winds whisper in my earsThe Great Escape with our own stavesAnd the routes we choose to take To somewhere no one knowsTo ease our sorrowful souls I drown…
Hannukah Makes me Proud to be Queer
It’s the first night of Hannukah. I’m bathed in the light from the menorah as I write this. I think almost everyone is familiar with the story about the oil that lasted for eight nights when there was only enough to last for one day. I’ve got my holiday music playlist on and my Hannukah…
All I Want for Hannukah is to Keep a Little Oil in the Tank
Some parts of this piece have been percolating for a bit. There are a lot of things here that are just always gnawing at the back of my mind, waiting for the right story to come together for me to share. In fact, I even thought about writing it last week, but the truth is,…
What I’ve Learned this Year (Caturday)
Big Cat, Little Cat: Happy Anniversary What I’ve Learned about… Learning If you try things, you’ll learn things. That’s the essence of what I’ve learned from running the 2 Rules of Writing website this year. I guess it’s the positive version of “fuck around and find out.” It’s also what I went into the project…
On Writing a Thesis
寫論文 寫論文的時候我是個扮大人說話的小孩走投無路時就開始匹諾曹式的撒謊論文越長鼻子越大這謊也就更加難圓。 On Writing a Thesis Writing a thesis,I am a child talking adult talks.At my wit’s end,I started to lie like Pinocchio.The longer the thesis,the bigger my nose,the harder it is to square the circle. (Poem and translation both by Shi Huiwen.) Spread the love