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I Got Injected Where the Pigs Poop and It’s Filling Me With Hope for the Future
I got my second COVID vaccine yesterday, so this post might be a literal fever dream. Sorry. It’s become almost cliché to say this, but do you ever snap back to reality and realize how weird things have become? Yesterday, I went to the place where London’s annual Western Fair is usually held. I passed…
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It's Hard to Make Art In a Messed-Up World
I originally posted this on Across the Board back in June, but it’s Black History Month, and we’re just getting over a second lockdown around here, so I thought I’d re-share it here. I have a confession: I haven’t finished writing anything in months. During those same months, a pandemic has wreaked havoc across the…
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2020 In Review
Well, that was a year. As you may have heard, a deadly pandemic sort of ruined the world in 2020. Vaccines are starting to roll out, so it may be less than a year before this all seems like a hazy dream. I guess that makes it important for me to write down how this…

I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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