Why Don’t You? #127
Monday: Why don’t you keep a little box of raisins in your cupboard? These are most certainly not for eating because there is no reason that any human being should […]
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Why Don’t You? #126
Monday: Why don’t you make a list of your top ten moments of 2016 so that you can reflect on all that’s happened and notice that not every single moment […]
Why Don’t You? #123
Monday: Why don’t you just accept that some classics are awful and boring and not worth your time? Is there anything more painful than reading Moby Dick or Hamlet? I am […]
Why Don’t You? #122
Monday: Why don’t you put fresh flowers in every room of your house or apartment or manor or hotel room or tent or wherever it is you live? The first time […]
Why Don’t You? #119
Monday: Why don’t you wash your windows? They’re filthy and you know it. I pride myself on keeping up appearances and staying tidy and all that, but I don’t remember […]
Why Don’t You? #117
Monday: Why don’t you take a moment to silence your brain and think about what you really want out of life? I went to see a college production of Doubt […]
Why Don’t You? #116
Monday: Why don’t you keep me in your thoughts and prayers and well wishes at this harrowing junction of my life? I’m not any more ill than usual, and I’m […]
Why Don’t You? #115
Monday: Why don’t you find out what ever happened to domestic robots? If I learned anything from 1950s sitcoms, we should all have staffs composed of robots by now. But […]
Why Don’t You? #114
Monday: Why don’t you get a memento mori tattoo to remind yourself that your time on the planet is fleeting and that the grave awaits? Ever since I adjusted to […]
Why Don’t You? #112
Monday: Why don’t you start a savings account for a vacation home? (I’ve surely suggested this before, but I’m not willing to dive back into a hundred of these posts […]
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