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Retcon #12 (Movement 2, Story 3), "Ordinal Unknown" is Now Available (plus: Mounjaro update!)
The connecting theme here is "the latest episode of serialized stories"
Nov 9
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
Going on Mounjaro (a.k.a. Ozyempic 2.0): A Personal Narrative
Possibly the First of a Series Depending on Both Whether Anyone Is Actually Interested and If Any Further Additionally Interesting Things Actually…
Oct 30
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Now Available: "Paradigm Shift: Paradigm Slippage: Paradigm Boogie-Woogie" (Retcon, movement 2, installment 2)
An Announcement with Miscellaneous Notes, Excuses and Diversions, including a Brief Introduction to the Star Gauge of Sū Huì
Aug 11
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You Should Listen to the Delight That is Revolutions Season 11
Nov 14, 2024
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Hesitant Words in Time of War
Oct 12, 2023
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Jorge Luis Borges, Author of Pierre Menard's Don Quixote
Apr 13, 2023
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
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A Magical Pairing
Feb 9, 2023
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A Field Guide to the Modern Lipogram
Jul 6, 2023
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Saying Kaddish as an Atheist
Oct 14, 2024
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Contra Kriss on the Value of Truth
A follow-up to my essay about fiction and lies, considering the question of whether or not Sam Kriss is a liar
Jul 31
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The Difference Between Fiction and Lies Is Actually Very Straightforward
Give or take a few edge cases, sure, but the basics are pretty simple
Jun 5
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You Should Listen to the Delight That is Revolutions Season 11
But Only After Drinking Deep of the Delights of Revolutions Seasons 3 - 10
Nov 14, 2024
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
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The World Will Never Be Saved
Meditations Inspired By, But Not Really About, the Events of This Week, With More than the Usual Number of Quotations as Hopefully Instructive…
Nov 7, 2024
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
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Saying Kaddish as an Atheist
Magnified and Sanctified be God's Name, Even Though I Don't Believe in Him
Oct 14, 2024
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
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Retcon Movement Two has begun!
The first story, "Quartet for the End of the Beginning of the End of Time", is now available, and a Number of Related Announcements, Observations, and…
Oct 10, 2024
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On the God's Eye View of Art, Part 2
With Some Largely Parenthetical Remarks on the Nature and Pleasures of Certain Imaginary Libraries
Jul 18, 2024
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