David W. Brown
@davidwbrown.com
Author of THE MISSION and THE OUTSIDE CATS (forthcoming).
✍️ Words for the New Yorker, NYT, &c.
💡 Antarctica, NASA, personal essays.
🔐 Signal: dwb.11
🔗 https://davidwbrown.com
📍 New Orleans, but I have friends everywhere.
✍️ Words for the New Yorker, NYT, &c.
💡 Antarctica, NASA, personal essays.
🔐 Signal: dwb.11
🔗 https://davidwbrown.com
📍 New Orleans, but I have friends everywhere.
Stop this Paul. It's seriously ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴏᴏʟ.
January 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Stop this Paul. It's seriously ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴏᴏʟ.
I don't know these still exist, but in the 90s, you could buy Blue Books from these ancient vending machines (kind of like the ones used for candy, with the spiraly dispensers) for fifty cents. Whenever I had a final that required one, I knew I was going to do well.
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I don't know these still exist, but in the 90s, you could buy Blue Books from these ancient vending machines (kind of like the ones used for candy, with the spiraly dispensers) for fifty cents. Whenever I had a final that required one, I knew I was going to do well.