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Jorie Mar

I Just Started Watching “The Handmaid’s Tale” Six Years After It First Aired

I was surprised by how good it was — and how scary!

2 min readAug 10, 2023

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I Just Started Watching “The Handmaid’s Tale” Six Years After It First Aired

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Jorie Mar

Q: Is the glass half full or half empty? A: It’s both

I just had an experience I was nervous about, and it turned out fine. This happens a lot. It was like a textbook example of anticipatory…

3 min readJan 5, 2023

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Q: Is the glass half full or half empty? A: It’s both

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Jorie Mar

A Poem About an Electric Toothbrush in the Style of a Shakespearean Sonnet

I’ve become obsessed with the OpenAI ChatGPT. Have you tried it yet? It’s very easy to use — you just ask a question or provide a prompt —…

2 min readDec 10, 2022

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Pink electric toothbrush on a deep blue background

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Jorie Mar

Afternoon Sky

50 days until inauguration

1 min readDec 1, 2020

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Afternoon Sky

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Jorie Mar

Ball of Gas

50 words of flash fiction? prose poetry?

1 min readNov 22, 2020

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Ball of Gas

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Jorie Mar

Sunset tonight

#1

1 min readOct 21, 2020

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Sunset tonight

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Jorie Mar

The First Half of the First Night of the 2020 Republican National Convention

I (tried) to watch the Convention, so you wouldn’t have to

4 min readAug 26, 2020

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The First Half of the First Night of the 2020 Republican National Convention

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Jorie Mar

After Tropical Storm Isaias: Fence down in “Key Food Memorial Park,” tree still on top of car, and…

Journal — Thursday, August 6, 2020 — day (whatever) after NYC reopening — I’ve lost track — one day is the same as the next — I think it’s…

3 min readAug 7, 2020

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After Tropical Storm Isaias: Fence down in “Key Food Memorial Park,” tree still on top of car, and…

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Jorie Mar

A Short Walk

Journal — Tuesday, June 30, 2020 — Day 23 of NYC reopening

2 min readJul 1, 2020

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A Short Walk

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Jorie Mar

After the Thunderstorm

Journal, Monday, June 29, 2020 — NYC reopening day 22

1 min readJun 30, 2020

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After the Thunderstorm

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Jorie Mar

Jorie Mar

Semi-hopeful New Yawka. Baby boomer. Inactive attorney. Content mill veteran. Aspiring humor writer. semihopeful@gmail.com Twitter: @semihopeful

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