Keeping It Real—and Bookish
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/keeping-it-realand-bookish
Published: December 20, 2025 14:03
How a Codex of Questionable Chords Got Xeroxed Into Immortality
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The view from my 20,000th day
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/the-view-from-my-20000th-day
Published: August 26, 2025 04:55
On finding surprising meaning in a chronological odometer flip
The Pyrrhic Victory of the Critical Thinking Hipsters
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/the-pyrrhic-victory-of-the-critical
Published: August 17, 2025 17:54
It's called a "reason- and evidence-based worldview." You've probably never heard of it...
In Which I Finally Give My Substack a Proper Name
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/in-which-i-finally-give-my-substack
Published: August 13, 2025 16:55
Point: People suck.
Yesterday's Unlikely Tomorrows
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/yesterdays-unlikely-tomorrows
Published: August 7, 2025 22:06
My morning yesterday, as an '80s sci-fi story
The Strange Phenomenon of Personal Growth in Times of Political Upheaval
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/on-personal-growth-in-times-of-political
Published: February 14, 2025 18:48
Confession: I spent years wishing Mitch McConnell would die.
I Am a 54-Year-Old White Man, and I Have Opinions on Super Bowl Halftime Shows
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/i-am-a-54-year-old-white-man-and
Published: February 11, 2025 23:53
“Can we please bring back Prince?” – soooo many people after watching Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show
Dear Future Civilizations...
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/dear-future-civilizations
Published: January 28, 2025 15:40
An Open Letter From the Near Future to the Distant Future
Coming soon
https://jqpaxton.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Published: January 28, 2025 15:30
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