The Clerk Manifesto

I am not old yet, but I am old enough to experience the frequent "gee whiz" moments like:  "I can't believe ...

Sometimes, while walking in the woods with my wife, we come upon deer. And the deer, being of a cautious nature, will startle and ru...

As I write three people are allegedly holed up in a room at the University's Hotel, curr entl y known as The Graduate Hotel. A ...

Dear Publisher: I have recently begun disabusing myself of the notion that if everyone else is doing it with impunity I should ha...

Every day at work lately I make my daily skillet meal. I have come to think of it as quite healthy. My co-workers marvel at how tasty ...

One of my colleagues made an announcement. He may or may not have misspoken when he said "Good afternoon library patients......

I believe I should drive defensively and with great care. I should never take chances, always leave significant space betwe...

We had a huge snowstorm earlier this week. At least a foot of snow fell throughout the afternoon and evening. A foot of snow is a lot...

I went on a four mile walk on a wintry day earlier this week, just at the start of a blizzard that dropped foot of snow on us....

Dear Publisher, Phaidon Press: I am keen to work with you because I have written a book! And, get this, it is a book about art. ...

In my cities our football team hoped to go to the Superbowl. This year it happens to be held in our own home stadium ...

Dear Staff: Communication is the backbone of our institution. It has come to my attention that some of you are not properly using ...

Truth with its paltry rewards still beats the alternatives.

At my job we have a kitchen, with a stove and everything. I cook in it. One of my co-workers complained to one of my ma...

I got a flu shot a few days ago. So naturally I am feeling smug. I am immune entirely this year to the flu. People coughing and sneez...

In an interview with the Guardian Newspaper the actor Christian Bale was asked if he has considered acting in a Romantic Comedy. ...

Dear Phaidon Press: I know that in your manuscript submission "tips" you asked that we not contact you for an update o...

Oh man, working a job in common with others can be a tough haul. I am part of an unwieldy mob of people who staff a large, near urba...

Dear Lapsed Subscriber: Remember when you used to read clerkmanifesto? Each day, or maybe every few days, with them gathered in a ...

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