Can't Be Helped

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At 1:12 Scale, Life Can Feel Under Control -- I bought most of my action figures during a time when I was temporarily insane.
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Only in Contrast Pt. 4
Some Kind of Approval - All my life, because of my life, I’ve wanted to be a meaningful contributor to conversations about race, because that would feel…
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Only in Contrast Pt.3
It was the role-reversal of a lifetime: now, thanks to the good luck of friendly access, the suburban white kid was spending weeknights hanging out in…
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On Things What Can't Be Helped
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Down Swingin'
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Only in Contrast Pt. 1
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Will Sing for Attention
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Make & Mend
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Holding onto the Football
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Only In Contrast Pt. 2
Contact and Conflict - I bought a pair of socks once. I’d trekked into this streetwear shop in Cambridge’s Central Square, Expressions, because I…
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Only in Contrast Pt. 1
Confessions of a Well-Meaning White Boy -- I don't know what a racially well-adjusted white person looks like, but I know that I am not them.
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Down Swingin'
Memories of My Uncle, Mike McGuirk “Are you ready to win it all?” It was early 2004 when Manny Ramirez asked my uncle, Michael, the question. The…
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Will Sing for Attention
Karaoke One Last Time at Charlie’s Kitchen
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Holding onto the Football
Football wasn’t something I came to naturally. I had to learn the game, adapt to it. But jesus christ did I love being a football player.
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Make & Mend
Some people wanted adult jobs when they grew up. I wanted to get drafted by Kermit the Frog. But I had my reasons, and I had my efforts. Anyway this…
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On Things What Can't Be Helped
Welcome to Can’t Be Helped, my new storytelling newsletter wherein every so often I’ll aim to entertain you with diatribes, tales of the past from the…
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Can't Be Helped
Can't Be Helped
At a certain point talking about yourself becomes a compulsion.
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