Author: Matt Otey
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February Evening
A girl is fixing her bike knelt over in the lawn she no more than 10 and the sun is setting and the air is chilled and I’m anxious with her
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Survival Diaries
Your Diary is Boring We have quite the opportunity to be writing and processing our feelings during this awkward time of recommended distancing that has left introverts joyous and extroverts mourning. But the truth is that diaries are boring. Be it your diary, my diary, and even your best friend’s diary, they are all boring…
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Free Solo in Seattle
I’m not sure how Tom Hanks and Free Solo and poetry and golf and the truth somehow all relate to my divorce, but they definitely all crash around my mind, elbowing each other for more room and, hopefully, top billing in my sad, sad play. Maybe that’s why my eventual expiration date on my life…
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McDonald’s v. Wendy’s
The ginger-topped, possessive mascots battled for my diabetes today. In one corner you have a clown that scares me half to death and in the other is Ronald McDonald. Wendy’s skill set begins and ends with bringing the 1-2 punches to Twitter like a girl who wears pigtails to spite pigs and I don’t even…
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I’m Bad at Photoshop, but: Barbacoa
Picture a soccer mom. She is wearing a purple sweater. She has tightly cropped hair and a hankering to speak to your manager. She is fresh from the monthly PTA meeting and still wearing her name tag. “My Name Is BARB” “Barb” is written professionally aggressive with a smiley face next to it. Barb won every…
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Zero Stars: Buffalo Wild Wings review
Recently visited Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Great bar atmosphere and drink selection to go along with a rabid bunch of WKC fanz. Not enough kale. 0/5 ★s