Category: Essays
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A memory, in the palm of my hand
Adam reflects on an evening filled with the makings of great poetry.
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Election Day: Voting Matters
Several days before the election, I saw a photo pop up in my Facebook news stream. It was a photo of a woman burning her ballot at Occupy Portland’s #N3 Resist Austerity protest. I think this is ridiculously short-sighted and altogether ineffective. I say this as an Occupier. I say this as someone who is…
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Confessions of an Information Junkie
Hi. My name is Adam J. Manley, and I’m addicted to information. This isn’t a result of spending too much time on social networking sites. This isn’t a result of an increasingly ADHD-addled culture, nor of my own ADHD. The cause isn’t television, the Internet or the rise of instant, mobile communication. Quite frankly, if…
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Back to where the sidewalk ends
Today, I was in heaven. I stepped off the bus on Commerce Street at Noon sharp. My hands shook with anticipation as I walked toward that familiar corner, the one I knew so well from many blissful Fridays throughout 2008. I rushed across the street, drawing closer to what looked to me like a magical…
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Frost Park: a community built in chalk dust
Whenever I mention Frost Park, most people outside of the Tacoma blogosphere just stare blankly at me like I’m speaking Tralfamadorian. Most people in the Tacoma area have seen it. Many have stood inside it or walked through it without ever knowing. I don’t blame them. When I first moved here, I didn’t even realize…
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A Stream of Thought: The Nature of Change
Exploring the nature of self through the lens of Lewis Carrol’s Alice.