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Sunday Essays #21: Drunk Penn Station Pizza

Penn Station in the wee hours is not for the faint of heart.

Aug 16 • John Abbate

Just Be Good at Something

there's no such think as merit-hacking.

Jul 29 • John Abbate

Sunday Essay's #18: The Parable of the Golfer in the Storm

beautiful idiocy on full display.

Jun 28 • John Abbate

Sunday Essays #17: The Meme'd Shall Inherit the Earth

it could happen to you.

Jun 21 • John Abbate

The Ridiculously Easy Way to Turn Your Creativity On

not productivity slop

Jun 18 • John Abbate

Sunday Essays #16: Polarity.

it's a beautiful thing, and you've got it.

Jun 14 • John Abbate

Have You Tried the Uncivilized Friday Happy Hour?

we're all just animals at the end of the week.

Jun 5 • John Abbate

Sunday Essays #15: Reading From a Script That Doesn't Exist

observations from a barstool in mid-2026

May 31 • John Abbate

Sunday Essays #14: Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Not a Boring Tech Bro Essay)

applied science for the creative mind.

May 24 • John Abbate

Sunday Essays #13: LinkedIn Lingo is Draining Our Life Force

sanitized language = sanitized spirit

May 17 • John Abbate

Take Five Under the Live Oak

Everybody I spoke to today said they're extremely stressed out.

May 15 • John Abbate

"Just ask ChatGBT"

you're doing a lot better than you think you are.

May 12 • John Abbate

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