A sprightly collection of essays from a writer I have never "heard tell" of.
I can connect with her writing.
For the last five or six years I have been overcome with the feeling that my life is effectively over. Not that the world is ending, but a personal foreboding, at the end of my days, as if my life is disappearing in a rearview mirror. This is the catastrophic hour. P. XI
My life is disappearing at a fast pace. P. XI
Places not accepting cash can make you feel dead. P. 28
Going to AA meetings just for something to do. P.56
"I love it the way you love someone with whom you're in a dead-end relationship that you nonetheless can't stand the thought of losing." P. 59
Contesting popular culture, and it is a contest, choosing what to notice and what to ignore. P. 62
"I like being an outlier. I like forgetting I'm an outlier." P. 82
"Oh, the banality of it all!" P. 82
Live events are fewer than ever even after COVID. P. 83
The author seems to like indie bookstores. So do I. P. 84
Writers are crazy. P. 84
Her book on the culture wars brought some hostile reviews. P. 85
Jay Leno in drag. :) P. 91
The horror of California real estate. P. 131
Can't read more than 20 pages without checking her email. P. 151
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