Thursday, January 30, 2025

Is That Desk Just In the Middle of the Room?

A boy in a winter coat and hat and carrying a bindle is walking away in the night. He sees something behind him and begins running. "You just can't stand to lose that $600 deduction can you?!" the boy screams as his father drags him back to the house.
March 4, 1966
I find it funny seeing a kid basically scream "I'm nothing but a tax deduction to you!", but let me tell you kids something: $600 a year ($2000 in today's money) is absolutely not enough to justify having a kid. That money covers basically nothing of what it costs to take care of you.

Gladys is sitting at a desk--an old one kind of like a secretary, and is writing something with a cup of coffee next to her. Brutus stands behind the secretary leaning on it with one arm. "My resolution was to start journaling. They say it can ease anxiety," Gladys says. "I see you have a new notebook at hand. Is your anxiety any better?" Brutus asks. "I haven't written anything in my journal yet. I think my anxiety has given me writer's block."
I tried to do some journaling last year. I didn't like it. It didn't make me feel better or like I was figuring something out. It made me feel depressed so I stopped.

If she's not journaling, then what is she writing? Enemies list?
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