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Why subscribe to this compendium of humorous essays and other nonsense? Because you want to spend a few minutes of your life reading some ephemeral natterings that may or may not be amusing, poignant, or outraged. You could, in theory, use that same time to learn Sanskrit. But you know and I know that you probably won’t. You can also read the same ephemeral natterings on the website, but why not sign up to have all your handy Sanskrit-avoidant content delivered straight to your in box?

Several Substacks in one!

Doctor Waffle has several different kinds of ephemeral natterings to choose from. Try the general Essays section for your Blue Steel moods. When you’re feeling a little more Le Tigre, check out the Dictionary of Received Ideas, an updated version of Flaubert’s satirical dictionary. And of course there’s always Janesplaining, a series of essays plumbing the depths of the 19th-century novel for advice on how to live today. (Warning: Doctor Waffle is not a real doctor and all advice plumbed from the 19th-century novel is strictly for entertainment purposes.)

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If you subscribe, you won’t have to worry about missing anything. Or, at least, missing these particular ephemeral natterings. I’m not sure how big of a deal that is to you, honestly. But just in case, you can subscribe. What would we all do without the internet?