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The Hammersla Exposition No. 11: A Smattering of Life and Death

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Hi, everyone. As I'm sure yours are, my heart -- feeble and sclerotic though it may be -- is with the people of Ukraine, who are bearing the brunt of a humanitarian assault by a megalomaniacal lunatic. My sympathies are also with the Russian people, coming from personal experience living briefly under the regime of our own megalomaniacal lunatic. The fact that megalomaniacal lunatics keep ending up with access to nuclear missile codes seems to indicate a flaw in the human condition -- perhaps the flaw in the human condition, as distilled by Kurt Vonnegut: "everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Speculating on the motivation of autocrats, my smart friend Eric theorized that Vladimir Putin is "ruthless in pursuit of self-enrichment, for which control is necessary." I countered by speculating that what dictators like Putin really want is love and approval (of countrymen, one's parents, chicks, whatever).

#14
March 28, 2022
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 10: Everybody Had a Hard Year

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It’s not just holiday season, it’s holiday card season. The most conscientious and photogenic among you have done your part to prop up the U.S. Postal Service, sending along your festive greetings – adorned with pictures of yourselves (and your pets) in cozy sweaters or perhaps from your most recent vacation.

Sometimes these cards even include printed newsletter-type updates on each of the family members, outlining the year’s highs and lows and where-are-they-nows. I admire this and wish dearly that our family could do it, too. This is the sort of thing that normally falls under my list of household responsibilities, because I usually have very specific ideas and standards for what kinds of communications go out under the Hammersla name.

#13
December 30, 2021
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 9: Answers in the Form of Questions

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#12
August 31, 2021
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(MOVIE LINK FIXED) The Hammersla Exposition No. 8

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#11
July 8, 2021
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 8: Sparking It Up!

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#10
July 8, 2021
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 7: Value Pack (LINK INCLUDED)

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#9
March 23, 2021
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 7: Value Pack

Hello, again.

#8
March 23, 2021
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 6: I Feel Fine

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#7
December 24, 2020
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 5: Political Arts & Sciences

The Big Idea

#6
March 3, 2020
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 4: Transatlanticism

Dear Friends,

Music seems to be the theme of the week, this week.

#5
February 25, 2020
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 3: The Power of Love is a Curious Thing

Dear Friends,

still holds the record as the movie that I saw the most times in the theater (5). Given the cost of movie tickets and the availability of Netflix, it is hard to imagine that record ever being beaten, unless my daughter insists on seeing over and over and over.

#4
February 14, 2020
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 2: What's Cooler than Being Cool?

EDITOR’S NOTE: I have taken the liberty of switching my newsletter service – and your subscriptions – to Buttondown, which has a more advanced feature set than TinyLetter. Sorry for the extra hassle, or if this goes into your SPAM filter.

#3
February 8, 2020
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The Hammersla Exposition No. 1: One Small Dubstep for Man

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#1
February 7, 2020
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