Marty Nemko

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Metals: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

On Cleaning Out My Fridge

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

On Cleaning Out My Parents' Attic: A fictional short-short story

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Hearing: a fictional short-short story

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In Praise of Normalcy

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Electric: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Hiding in the Flowers: A fictional short-short story

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A Second Chance: A fictional short-short story

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Mr. Glass: A fictional short-short story after the song, Mr. Cellophane.

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Person of the Year: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Sand Valley: A fictional short-short story

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I Did It: A fictional short-short story

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Teach?

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

My Position on Myriad Issues of the Day

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Gratitude is Overrated

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Piano music to study, relax, meditate, or sleep by

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Lessons I Wish I Learned Earlier

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

On Fighting

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Monday, October 21, 2024

How I Got to Be Homeless…and Kinda Like It: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

Advice to Baristas -- They'll Soon Lose Their Jobs to Robots

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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Good Night: a fictional short-short story

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

SuperSimple: Paring your life down to size

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Speed

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

A Bombmaker Muses: A short-short story for Halloween or whenever

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Solo Violin: A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

When Dogs Became Politically Incorrect: A fictional short-short story

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Your Test Results are In: A fictional short-short story

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Quirk: A fictional short-short story

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Monday, October 14, 2024

The Worst Housemate: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Phoenix: A fictional short-short story

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Things That Perplex Me: Set 6

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Ghost Town: A dystopia that's fiction…for now

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Things That Perplex Me: Set 5

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Things That Perplex Me: Set 4

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

My Cafe: A fictional short-short story

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Things That Perplex Me: Set 3

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Things That Perplex Me: Part 2

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Things That Perplex Me

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Sunday, October 6, 2024

Rising Up: A fictional short-short story

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Making an Academic Presentation That Doesn't Put Your Audience to Sleep

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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Not-So Pastoral Counseling: A fictional short-short story

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Perfunctory: A fictional short-short story

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A Part in a Movie?!: A fictional short-short story

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Liver: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, October 4, 2024

Curating

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Plastic: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Nature Boy: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Sense: A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

On Gin…Rummy

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On Small Talk

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Marty Nemko
Oakland, CA, United States
I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.
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