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title: 12-Watt Bulbs
date: 2026-05-14
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Was I late? Was the party over? It seemed like everyone in the know had already gone off to launch some new venture I wasn't involved in. Raptured while the rest of us left behind shuffled around and shared second-hand stories about how great things used to be, so we'd heard. Meanwhile the excitement seemed to have long since faded. But what do I know, really? Maybe this has always been the case. Everywhere you look there are pockets of nostalgics lamenting the way things used to be (whether they had been there or not). The excited people had maybe just gone to lunch, doing exciting things over their exciting salads. So it's all a bit ridiculous. If we find ourselves hanging around dullards, and choosing to stay, then the lack of luminance in our jaded lives might have less to do with their nostalgia or cynicism. If we can't muster our own excitement, would we even know where to find it? Would we even try?