Father Nathan Monk

@fathernathan.bsky.social

Dyslexic author. Former priest. Depressive humorist. fathernathan.substack.com

My Uber driver spent the first ten minutes talking about how RFK Jr was right about autism and then the next ten minutes about her favorite types of ice and that she picked me up because she drives thirty minutes to my side of town because it has the only gas station that makes ice correctly

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Let little Matty's jumping ship be a reminder that we still have power here. We can still resist, disrupt, and affect change. We are made up of picket lines and protests. Democracy isn’t just Election Day but every day after as we the people hold those in power to account.

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Any of y’all got some attention span lying around that I could borrow? I’m plum out. I'm pretty sure I used the last of it during a fact-finding mission after recognizing an actor in a TV show and then reading 16 IMDB pages and 46 Wiki pages. I am now their official biographer.

I shared this on Facebook the day after the election. I’m fascinated to see how many more folks might see it on here vs there. Since most of you followed me over here from there, let me know in the comments if this is your first time seeing it or not. Also, read the essay.

This might not be the best thing I’ve ever written but it is one of the most defiant… for now

When I was much too young, I got engaged to a woman who never became my wife.

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