Sara Ryan

In lieu of a substantial, thought-provoking post, perhaps reflecting on the year, I present THE SPACE DOG, created when I was in second grade, interspersed with the sort of comments that might be offered by a severe critique partner.

Is this about Laika? If not, title should be changed. And do you want your readers [...]

In case anyone was harboring any doubts about the depth and breadth of my nerdiness, I present to you Exhibit A: The Binder I Had In Seventh Grade. I threw this out the last time I visited my mom, but felt strangely compelled to create a digital archive.

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I remember being very excited [...]

…but I have zero memory of doing so. In fact, when I found the paper it was written on, I immediately did some searching to see if I’d copied it from somewhere. Apparently not, at least according to Google.
I think I wrote it — if I wrote it — in college, not long after reading [...]