Monthly Archives: September 2015

The River & The Mayor

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Alden

This is a story about the time I ended up in a cabinet meeting with the Mayor of Wuhan. But before it gets there, I have to talk about diarrhea and vomit. Diarrhea is a natural thing we don’t talk … Continue reading →

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Just Kidding

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Alden

Turns out Alfred’s peeps did reply. Bless their hearts. I mean, even with a misspelling or two, that’s a nice note to a kid. Perhaps we will meet again, AHMM.

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Death Blobs of the Past

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Alden

When this self-employment thing isn’t going so well, I will be able to tell myself I’ve been getting rejections for a very long time. Or passive non-response rejections, anyway. [ETA: they did reply, and kindly, even if it was indeed … Continue reading →

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Early AML Projects Action: Pastel’s Soup

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Alden

Back in the day, it was “A&A Co.,” the pre-famous publication house run by two excitable little girls. And because we couldn’t actually publish anything ourselves, in those days before even printers, we would painstakingly write our stories out. But

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