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Future Shock
I used to get paid every two weeks, and the boss tipped me out with a $100 bill to cover the extra work from catering. Or maybe to avoid...
davidthecat
May 15, 20243 min read
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Unveiling
We are home from the unveiling of my parents' headstone. The unveiling is the close of mourning, and comes roughly a year after the...
davidthecat
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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Being home with time to breathe
It’s two days before Christmas, it’s raining, and we aren’t in the car. I’m not exhausted. I didn’t just work a crazy pastry catering...
davidthecat
Dec 23, 20232 min read
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There Go I
Sucking a last breath of office air, Frank pushed open the door and smacked into the city heat. He fixed his gaze on the corner walk...
davidthecat
Nov 13, 20235 min read
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It began with a typo
PANDEMICE By Nina Fortmeyer On December eleventh at quarter past two. A band of pandemice came to Tanoo. They peeked through the gates...
davidthecat
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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The Year of Awe
I’m always wary of magic thinking. I mean, who doesn’t want to think they’re special, and they’re somehow getting messages? Does it get...
davidthecat
Sep 22, 20235 min read
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Taking back my life a little at a time
It was little things that began to slowly shift my consciousness from worker to post-work life. I had worn jeans and swag tee shirts...
davidthecat
Aug 17, 20231 min read
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Real life doesn't call for creme Anglaise
I’d been trying to document the inner journey from catering pastry chef to normal person, only I got a little behind. I’m dealing with...
davidthecat
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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There is time tomorrow
My last day of work was a Saturday. Sunday and Monday would have been days off anyway, which made Tuesday my first day of post-work life....
davidthecat
Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Swansong
It was hard to change from the working mindset to everyday life. The last day I worked, the rest of the kitchen was doing a double,...
davidthecat
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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This isn't the blog I meant to write
I quit work a month ago. I was not getting any younger (nobody is), and while there are parts of being a pastry chef that I loved, and...
davidthecat
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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Youthful Creativity?
The New York Times recently ran an article about companies snapping up young creatives with incentives like club memberships and flexible...
davidthecat
Aug 3, 20223 min read
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I needed this.
It seems like a funny thing to say about a plague that shut down the world for more than a year. But I never got to shut down. I worked...
davidthecat
May 25, 20222 min read
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Being the Epilogue
I just finished reading this book, and it hit me harder than anything I've read in a long time. I'm not even sure why. I always knew...
davidthecat
Mar 16, 20222 min read
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Searching for a name
When I first shared the news of my daughter’s pregnancy, I was immediately asked, “Do you have a grandmother name? Apparently, other...
davidthecat
Dec 1, 20212 min read
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The labor shortage from the inside
This is the real scoop on why we have a labor shortage. I’ve read lots of articles written by people who don’t labor on why nobody wants...
davidthecat
Nov 30, 20213 min read
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Y'all are Becoming Me
Everyone is starting seedlings for their gardens this year. And posting them. It doesn't matter that most people don't have room to plant...
davidthecat
Mar 18, 20212 min read
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The Economy According to Ghosts, 2
This is really simple. Wealth is created when something changes form to be worth more than the sum of its parts. In our oversimplified...
davidthecat
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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The Economy According to Ghosts, post 1
So here goes. This has been a long time coming, starting with me being in my early twenties and sharing an asbestos shingled 4 room...
davidthecat
Jan 11, 20213 min read
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What I did on my Summer Vacation
There's not much to say. It didn't happen this year, 2020. I did take a four day weekend because I had not had a break since February. I...
davidthecat
Aug 13, 20202 min read
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