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Comeback for a Candlestick Maker*

December 19, 2009

The Butcher, the Baker? No ambition. It was always just get it done. Just cut the meat or whip up some batter. They weren’t artists in the true sense. No attention to craft, no eye toward legacy. You even mentioned style and they went on the defensive. What’s more, they had no mentors. Name a [...]

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Be Not Proud: Excerpts From Awkward Eulogies

October 14, 2009

First of all, Alison, I really appreciate the opportunity to memorialize your brother. I know there were others to consider, but you chose me and I’m grateful. It’s a privilege, really, a once-and-a-lifetime chance for a guy like me. And to think that you, Alison Baker, Homecoming Queen, would pick me, Seth Armiston, well again, [...]

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