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I've had this idea for an essay. I'll be trying to do something, and my thoughts
will wander back to this idea. I've tried to ignore it because I've got too much
to do, and I'm already working on one
Neil Gorman
AMāPM | 012
The end of the semester is here, and so is all of the frantic activity and
stress that comes with the end of a semester. Yesterday was a crazy busy day. As
soon as I was awake, I was getting things done. Any "free time" was used to
AMāPM | 011
When I started writing AMāPM, the goal was to write something every day. The
simple plan was to write something every morning and write something every
evening. I quickly learned that writing in the morning is not a problem. But
writing something in the evening is a challenge for
AMāPM | 010
The last AMāPM I sent out [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/am-pm-009/]was a
mess. It had spelling errors in it! I'm embarrassed.
This may be some ad hoc reasoning: I wrote AMāPM | 009
[https://www.surplusjouissance.com/am-pm-009/] on a Saturday. I usually don't
AMāPM | 009
Early
My family and I are staying at my in-law's lake house, which is a beautiful
place. I woke up at about 5:45 am today and started to write at 6:07 am. Soon
other people will wake up. The plan is to make pancakes. I'
Experiments
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I like to try out different ways of writing & podcasting in a serial format.
Below are links to my experiments.
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* AMāPM [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/tag/am-pm/] - Written during the
week. I tend to write in the morning then again in the evening.
* ā Drafts
AMāPM | 008
I'm writing this mid-afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving.
After breakfast, my oldest son (2.5 years old) and I started to brink up
Christmas decorations from our basement. Then we spent time getting our (fake)
tree up and decorating it with the rest of the family. As we
AMāPM | 007
Early in the morning
I started to write this at 5:31 am.
I have not used an alarm very much for the better part of the past two and a
half years. This is because small children, who are often allowed (and
encouraged!) to take naps during the day,
AMāPM | 006
The AM
I woke up at 4:45 am today, which is earlier than I usually do. Just woke up. I
tried to get back to sleep, but my body wanted to be awake. I drank some water,
then some coffee, looked to the east, and watched the sky start
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Today's AM/PM is a cross post of the first edition of Is that Poop On Your Shirt
(ITPOYS), another email newsletter I'm going to put out for 12 issues. I've
never written anything like this before, so I'm not sure