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Albe Gilmore's avatar

my palms are sweaty

Rook Rainsdowne's avatar

Welcome back, my favorite substack! I do really want to know your insights into almost all of the questions you posed in this update, so I'm looking forward to future posts!

Paula Beatriz Ribeiro's avatar

That was freakin' refreshing! Welcome back! We'll keep calm and ready for you to drop bombs. ;) And I guess, thank you, Dave, for pushing for this.

audrey wells's avatar

whatever-the-fock-this-is... I ♥️ IT [not yelling, enthusedAF].

thank you.

specifically for doing THIS.

i've kinda unintentionally, but definitely self-sabotagingly fallen off my publishing beam since... oh god... lockdown.

my substack's incomplete. my online presence should be growing fuzzy, funky, fungal overgrowth, but thank god, it ain't fresh, it's abandoned.

why would i do that when i've had 'abandonment issues' thrown in my face for most of my now, long-ass life?

cuz.

comebacks are hard.

you've just softened them for me.

thank you!

i'm here for all of it.

and after i diddle around with my ever-tightening budget, will likely happily become a paid subscriber. in the meantime... "you're the wind beneath my wings", did slim shady never say, because he'll remain coolAF to me.

Andrea A. Firth's avatar

Brilliant diary entry--is that what it's called? Anyway, brilliant.

Benjamin Davis's avatar

Haha thanks. I have no clue. I’ll ask David

Nemo Omnis's avatar

Footnotes rule!

Benjamin Davis's avatar

Hell yeah they do

Bobby Parrott's avatar

Thoroughly dazzled, waving hard, truly boggled agog! You ROCK, ChilSubs! Laughing uncontrollably is my fav way to start the day! Thanks for this!!! <3

Gary D. Grossman's avatar

Well done, Ben. I mean rare, I mean Medium, except it's Chill Subs. Okay, whatever <g>.

Benjamin Davis's avatar

hahah thank you

mi's avatar

ohhh we’re back!!! i always loved this thing (mostly bc “things we do while waiting to die” is the best title for anything ever). so thank u david. and yes, mr. b-rabbit is still cool (to me)

mi's avatar

oh, and also because it’s always a treat to read a ben newsletter. makes u exercise ur silly muscles. thanks boss

Benjamin Davis's avatar

Silly is the perfect word for pretty much all that goes on here

Sara Szatmary Fantl's avatar

Formally issuing a challenge to increase the number of footnotes by one each newsletter.