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    My wife’s nearly brilliant future career in futzing

    chiselch / November 10, 2018

    My wife loves food. Cooking it, and eating it. She hates futzing, even though she’s pretty good at doing it. Expert cooks build temples to their talent — restaurants. What if expert futzers…

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    ‘Doing nothing’ involves a whole lot of ‘something’

    chiselch / January 15, 2016

    Of all the tasks I’ve added to my plate in the last year, none has caused me more psychic disruption than the simple act of doing nothing. I’m not even sure I know…

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