Essays, updates, and dispatches from the void — newest first.
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Blood Money
A personal essay on grief, the hollow weight of a wrongful death settlement, and the stark contrast between two guitars bought in very different lifetimes.
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Hail to the King
A dad on raising his son through music, from headbanging at four to moshing to Avenged Sevenfold at sixteen.
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The Rubber Band
“The Rubber Band Will Strike Again” — a short poem by Stacy Roberts about a mysterious, silencing force that stuns…
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AA: A Cult of Personality Part 3
I was not ready to get sober in 2014, and shortly after my divorce was final in 2016, I started…
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A Map of the Fog
I didn’t set out to write a book. I set out to survive. The writing came later. First to carry…
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Why I’m Here
My life hasn’t been easy. If you’ve read my blog or my book, that’s probably apparent—but that’s not why I…
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My Scale and I Are Seeing Other People
I have not broken up with my scale. I’ve just realized we may not be right for each other at…
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Can You Build a Subscriber Base From Zero?
The short answer is, I don’t know—I just know I’m trying. I could leverage my contact list, which isn’t a…
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Legacy
I don’t know if history will see me as a success, a failure, or if I’ll be remembered at all.…
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AA: A Cult of Personality Part 2
You did not have to speculate about Bobby or wait to hear his voice to know he was a smoker.…
Where to go from here
-Ryan
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