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Yes, We Have A Banana

I got two haircuts this weekend, which is two more than I’d had since January and one more than I usually like to get at a time. If I had my way I would never get my haircut at all, … Continue reading

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I Am At Home Right Now

Whether or not he cooks, every man, it seems, likes to brag that he “makes the best omelets.” Why is this? I have never heard a fraternity brother boast of his blue cheese dressing—something much harder to make than an … Continue reading

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There Are Certain Things In Parks

“I finished college this week,” says the blogger. “Wow!” his audience exclaims. For the last few years I’ve spent a surprising amount of my time at toil, burdened with work for which I would not be compensated. In exchange, I … Continue reading

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An A For A&A

I have returned to tell you that there is a magical coffee shop on 21st Street. Resting safely in a temporal vortex just east of Sixth Avenue, A&A is marked by a battleship grey sign so perfectly old fashioned as … Continue reading

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Blah! Blah Blah Blah Blah!

Also, I have finally worked out my email. Any complaints or compliments or complimaints you have about my work, please send to “anyemailaddressyouwant AT lunchmatters DOT net.” Really. Any one at all. Almost all of them forward straight to me. … Continue reading

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Good Thing I’m Handsome, ‘Cause I Am So Dumb

It is raining and I may have been eating too many sandwiches, so for lunch I sought out soup. I can still feel it on my teeth, and I doubt that is a good sign. But let’s step back a … Continue reading

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Excuses!

I’d like to apologize for my spotty correspondence (wow! What a hard word to spell!) this semester. I swear—it’s not you, it’s me. I have been buried under a mountain of schoolwork, making it difficult to eat, much less write about it. … Continue reading

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I’m Hungry! I Think! Also: Wednesdays

It’s nasty out, a twisted mixture of rain and snow whose combined effect is like having the city sneeze on you over and over again, and I think the cold has frozen my stomach. I’ve had nothing to eat today … Continue reading

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And Another Thing!

This site doesn’t have a blogroll, because other blogs are terrible, but a guy in my office has one which is actually quite nice! I mention it because in its title (Lunch Poems), design (mostly negative space with a little … Continue reading

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Exercises In Hairy Fish

I’m writing a play about hot chicken. Saying that aloud it sounds funny, but anyone who’s been paying attention knows this is something I’ve had on my mind. I’d rather be writing a gripping, thoughtful Baltimore crime drama, but that’s a subject … Continue reading

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