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When Cultures Collide — Drawing Parallels Between the Personal and the National

Imagine a person who comes from the U.K. to the U.S., walks outside of the airport, turns to the first person they see, and asks for a fag…

7 min readApr 30, 2016

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When Cultures Collide — Drawing Parallels Between the Personal and the National

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Kris Williams

Are All White People Racist?

Not all white people are racist, because not all white people live in a country where being white gives them an advantage.

2 min readAug 13, 2020

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Little Obvious Dangers vs. Big Less-Obvious Dangers

Last year as I was driving I noticed a wasp crawling on the inside of my windshield at about eye level in front of me.

8 min readMay 16, 2020

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Little Obvious Dangers vs. Big Less-Obvious Dangers

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Light Pollution: Finding the Best Way to Live With the Tyranny of the Majority

This morning I journeyed to the outhouse in a landscape so flooded by moonlight I didn’t need a flashlight, even though I was walking over…

5 min readDec 16, 2016

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Light Pollution: Finding the Best Way to Live With the Tyranny of the Majority

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Kris Williams

The Beauty of Struggle

Yesterday I was in a yoga pose, and midway through the pose I realized I could be pushing myself harder. I put in a lot more effort, and I…

4 min readJul 26, 2016

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The Beauty of Struggle

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Kris Williams

It Was Real for Me

Answering the question, “Did he ever really love me?”

4 min readJul 20, 2016

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It Was Real for Me

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Kris Williams

My Theory on How Füd Replaced Food

U.S. stores are full of what I like to think of affectionately as füd, in homage to one of Gary Larson’s The Far Side cartoon panels—…

3 min readJul 17, 2016

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My Theory on How Füd Replaced Food

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Kris Williams

Pondering Prejection

Prejection is the art of rejecting myself before someone else has a chance to.

5 min readJul 13, 2016

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Pondering Prejection

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Kris Williams

On the Smell of Poop

I was 31 years old when I found out my shit stinks.

3 min readJul 8, 2016

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On the Smell of Poop

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Now or Later

One of my pet peeves is when people say, “You aren’t going to die.”

3 min readJun 22, 2016

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Now or Later

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Kris Williams

Kris Williams

Drawing from philosophy, spirituality, life in foreign countries, and being off-grid on a young-ish lava flow to ponder better stories for a better culture

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