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title: Labor Pains
date: 2026-07-17
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tags: [column, writing]
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How can you give birth to a great big beautiful idea without getting fucked in the ass by life first?
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			`title: Labor Pains`
			`date: 2026-07-17`
			`layout: column.njk`
			`tags: [column, writing]`
			`permalink: /columns/2026/labor-pains/`
			`---`

			`How can you give birth to a great big beautiful idea without getting fucked in the ass by life first?`