Amigos! Amigos! Welcome to the second of three episodes in which the Point of the Story reflects upon the shit-show that was the Year 2020. Now, if you missed the tribute to “The Before Times” from a few days ago, you can catch up here.
Now, onward as we “say farewell to the Year From Hell by taking a look back at one story from each of the last 12 months”! Whether it was an interesting read in its own right, or whether it captured the Zeitgeist of the moment–or, *gasp*, both–each of these tales were hand-selected by the editor especially for you, the busy Dear Reader.
So sit up, brace yourself, and pour yourself a tall glass of the strongest clear alcohol you can find, cuz don’t you know trying to relive the middle half of 2020 is going to be a bumpy ride…
April: Sign Of The Times
Sign Of The Times was significant for not only being the first post written in quarantine, but also because it captured something we all no doubt dealt with: trying to find humor and/or newfound appreciation within the shit-storm swirling about us. I just happened to find both in…sign language?
Honorable Mentions:
Death By Hangnail/Pants Epidemic-Full Version
May: Chairman Of The Hoard
I like to consider myself not your average Joe in many ways. Giving into the panic of securing supplies during lockdown was a painful exception to this. Well, I wouldn’t say I panicked, per se, so much as “got out of hand planning for the uncertain future of the baked-goods supply chain”…
Honorable Mentions:
Kindergarten Cop Out
A Good Day To Dress Like A Tourist
June: The Prize Pig Story
If you were anything like me, by time June rolled around, I wanted to be as far away from 2020 as possible. Even if I couldn’t be there physically, in my mind I was reliving my quest-for-glory days in Kansas, 1984…
Honorable Mentions:
A Parenting Parable
The Case Of The Cat’s Cradle
July: Woke Whack-A-Mole
Like you, I spent much of 2020 internally wrestling with the various flavors of systemic injustice that COVID-19/the murder of George Floyd/fire tornadoes made uncomfortably obvious to us all. While there is not a singular post that captured this, one of the more entertaining takes on getting involved in the social justice scene was Woke Whack-A-Mole. Somethings are just too important to half-ass. Instead, they should be double-assed, I say…
Honorable Mentions:
I Was Told There Would Be Pitchforks
Stripping In The Name Of!
Ode To A Nurseryman
August: I’m White And Here To Be Incredibly Awkward
If you felt like you didn’t know how to tactfully go about engaging in the many race-themed conversations swirling about you by time late summer rolled around, well, you were not alone. Here to say that’s a-okay is…a guy of unknown ethnic origin?
Honorable Mentions: It’s only September, so why stop talking about race now, amiright? You can relax, though: no racists were harmed in the making of this story about anti-dentites crashing at your place overnight… Honorable Mentions: Next up: October-December Content compiled on: 28/29/31 December 2020 (Mon/Tues/Thurs)
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The Earthling’s Guide To Social Gambling
Also, no 2020 would be complete without grappling with your own mortality, as documented in the 4-part No-Shit Sherlock series!
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