Author Archives: peter

Twitter Death Spasms

For those of you looking for new JLP-style content, I have taken my obsession with irrelevant historical curios and irrational cat hatred to Twitter. Follow me @PeterWelle, and be fulfilled at last.

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Christmas Letter, 2012

Against my better judgement, I recently removed the password protect feature from my blog. Soon the whole world will know my secrets, or at least that I fetishize beards and breakfast cereals. If that costs me my job and my … Continue reading

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Normal Oatmeal

Great news, everybody. I figured out that if you add enough sugar and raisins to it, plain instant oatmeal can actually taste pretty good. According to my other preliminary studies, the same is also true for cauliflower and wood glue. … Continue reading

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Tradeoffs

So it turns out that it takes me a lot longer to finish up a book now that I have two kids than it did back when I only had one. Or when I didn’t have any kids, for that … Continue reading

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Summer Ends, Shame Enshrouds

The bell tolls, marking the final week of my summer break. Soon all will be seating charts and cafeteria food once again. This summer did not pass without some successes. I administered a good number of baths to adults at … Continue reading

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My Project

My wife is at work and my children are asleep in their beds, lying as still and silent as a raccoons freshly smashed by a Ford F-150, except they are living and human and pleasant. The house has been cleaned, … Continue reading

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