1. Bracing for Potluck

Recalling the origins of an eccentric unease (1995).

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2. A Twinge of Perverse Nostalgia

Homage to the taste of American cigarettes (1999).

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3. In the Communion of Freaks

Recalling communal voyeurism at the Bill Lynch Show (2002)

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4. First impressions of Shangri-La

Briefly recalling an imagined lost city (2008).

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5. The last Blue Monday?

One of the final dark nights of the soul on Highway One (2014).

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6. Scraps of Ontology 100 (1995-2010).

The marking of time

On the cosmic hierarchy?

Waiting for the train to pass

Speculating on beginnings 

In missing the starry sky

The latest jolt of excitement

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7. A Sampling of Close Calls (2003-2014).

Of a footnote’s reckless conception

Caught in the headlamps

In the reminder of borrowed time

Chastened yet again

Of a day’s morbid tone

In passing a roadside memorial

Diminishing returns

Two near misses within 30 minutes  

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8. Where is Everybody?

Considering the Fermi paradox and the silence of Google lurkers(2013).

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