Aaron Lake Smith

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  • Aug 18, 2026
    I like Cassandras and angry outsider losers. I feel I can trust them. I know they are not working one over on me; or if they are maneuvering, it’s so transparent that it will...
  • Aug 10, 2026
    Like all good Americans, I need constant airflow. Temperature is not so important but stagnant unmoving air is death. What I need is a ceiling fan in every room on earth that stays...
  • Jul 28, 2026
    You shouldn’t let things get to you. You shouldn’t be filled with doubt and ambivalence and vague shames. You should be like a tank or a warhorse. You have to be weirdly...
  • Feb 4, 2026
    1. The sound of the South is the distant whine of leaf blowers on a blue afternoon. 2. In the Laws, Plato wrote: “with regard to places, we mustn’t fall into the...