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Site Owner: | Jan |
Site Name: | A Jan for All Seasons |
Site URL: | Www.janforallseasons.com |
Articles Posted: | 9 |
Bio: | Not your average Jan. Writing online since 1999. Formerly of My Life in 12-Point Font. |
Just some parking garage photos Posted on Dec 8, 2017, 9:12 pm
I park on the roofs of parking garages. Always.
Lessons on social media Posted on Dec 5, 2017, 7:12 pm
A lesson in how not to behave like an a-hole on social media. Part 1 of what may be a very, very long series.
Make a Mulberry St. joke and I will end you. Posted on Dec 4, 2017, 10:12 pm
A list of some of the weird stuff I see every day when I go walking around downtown.
Normal is a fairytale we tell to children Posted on Dec 3, 2017, 4:12 pm
Because I am telling you that everything is shitty and has been shitty and will be shitty for a long time to come. A long time to come. The fissures opening in our polity are Mount Doom-sized, and you better not hold your breath waiting for Sam Gamgee to show up with that ring.
A bad thing happened in the US senate Posted on Dec 2, 2017, 8:12 am
A handy piece of boilerplate for the next time, and the next time, and the next.
Be that person Posted on Dec 1, 2017, 7:12 pm
If someone’s outside your context, like if they’re not dressed for work like you are or in the same socioeconomic class you are, you are just supposed to walk past them like you don’t see them on the street. Especially if they are doing something unusual like having a coughing fit.
The special sauce might not even technically be food. Don't care. Posted on Dec 3, 2015, 6:12 pm
Let’s talk about dinner for a second. Dinner is one of those guilt-laden topics for parents, because either you do what everyone tells you that you are supposed to do, which is whip up a healthy home-cooked meal for your children every night and sit down together with them to eat it, or you do something else, and if you do something else, you suck.
I didn't really want to write about this. Posted on Dec 2, 2015, 6:12 pm
Social media is really terrible in these moments. Really terrible.
Hello. Posted on Dec 1, 2015, 12:12 am
I went back and forth about how much detail to give on those intervening months. Do I do an annual Christmas-letter-style update? A month-by-month recap, giving you just the highlights, none of the angst, delivered with a glossy smile? Does anyone really enjoy reading those?