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Am I a bad person because I don’t wish people Happy Birthday online anymore?

Curtis Chen
February 17, 2020
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Asking for a friend. Because I do appreciate the flood of messages I get on Facebook when my own birthday rolls around, but at some point in the last few years I just… stopped doing the same for others. Partly…

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High School Reunion

Curtis Chen
July 30, 2019
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Last month, DeeAnn and I traveled to Southern California to visit family and friends, and while we were there I also caught up with two of my high school teachers: Kathy Jensen and David Spaid. They’re both retired from teaching…

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We Can Be Heroes

Curtis Chen
November 15, 2016
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Hello. This is my post-terrible-election blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I’ve had a lot of thoughts and feelings over the past week. I haven’t been very productive, writing-wise. But here, I think, is some…

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1,356,976,800 Seconds Old (Approximately)

Curtis Chen
October 4, 2016
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I turned 43 years old this past Saturday. We celebrated without much fanfare, and that was by choice: I guess I’m now on the even-numbered-birthdays-blowout plan, after the big Trek puzzle hunt for my 40th and the karaoke extravagana for…

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I Am One Year Older Than I Was

Curtis Chen
August 5, 2015
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On August 2, 2014, my wife DeeAnn drove me home from Seattle, where I’d just finished the Clarion West Summer Six-Week Workshop. The week before the workshop started, we were in California for our nephew Jared’s wedding. DeeAnn drove me…

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I Have Trouble Asking for Help

Curtis Chen
March 4, 2015
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I was going to rant and rave today about how badly The Newsroom crashed and burned in its last season, but honestly, that ship has sailed. Do go read Abigail Nussbaum’s breakdown, though; she’s much more articulate about the situation…

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I Think It’s Gonna Be a Happy New Year

Curtis Chen
January 7, 2015
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(with apologies to RENT) 2014 was a very good year. My writing life continued to go well. I self-published a flash fiction collection in January, went to Clarion West in the summer, signed a literary agent in July, and started…

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I Dream of Google

Curtis Chen
February 5, 2014
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Three things you should know about me: I still hand-code my HTML (yes, even this blog post) My favorite Autobot is Jazz (voice of Scatman Crothers) I used to work at Google And I have only ever dreamed about one…

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I Enjoy Hunting for Puzzles

Curtis Chen
January 15, 2014
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The statement above should come as a surprise to exactly no one, but I thought I’d use this space to clarify the spectrum of my liking for various puzzle and presentation types. But first, just in case you’ve wandered into…

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Fresh Meat

Curtis Chen
December 19, 2013
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As you may have heard, our Tuesday podcast is going on hiatus for the holidays, and returning next year on an irregular monthly schedule. And I also ended my Friday flash fiction project back in August, so… I guess it’s…

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