This year is 2020. And that’s all I have to say about that!
Here are some pieces I published that I enjoyed writing, most of which I forgot about until just now and I hope you did too.
Carnal Knowledge: In Praise of Roommates
SSENSE

An essay about roommates, of which I am a bad one. (Earlier today I dropped the sugar jar, which shattered across the floor. I tried my best to sweep it up but now when you step in the general vicinity of the Sugar Incident your feet get sticky still. What am I gonna do, mop it? Yeah right.)
Cooking Solo in the Woods
Eater
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I wrote about vacationing alone, with only a car as your friend.
My 98 Days in Unemployment Purgatory
The New Republic

Still waiting on a response to DOL forms I sent in August.
Where You’re Out of Work Makes All the Difference in the World
VICE

I profiled different countries’ pandemic unemployment responses for VICE. Then I got laid off.
What Is Money?
Jezebel

What is it?????
The Substackerati
Columbia Journalism Review

Some personal news: I’m starting a Substack … piece and also finishing it here it is.
A Boom Time for Bean Memes
VICE

This was—by far—the most impactful piece I wrote this year. Given that, I wanted to provide a glimpse into what it takes to bring a piece like this from pitch to publication:



But sometimes it’s about the pieces that you didn’t get around to publishing because more important things (a global pandemic) happened:

Oh also, I still can’t hold a plank.
Goodbye 2020!!!!!!!