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David Brandt

Earning a life achievement award — from myself — at 42

[ SCENE: Inside a luxurious ballroom located in a corner of my brain where dreams and hope swirl with seldom gust, and next to one of…

Feb 12, 2023

Generate with OpenAI: “life achievement award shaped like man enjoying a bottle of beer”

Feb 12, 2023

A decade marked by cancer has reached its end, but not without leaving some scars

Ten years ago this week, I feared I was about to die.

Nov 8, 2020

A decade marked by cancer has reached its end, but not without leaving some scars

Nov 8, 2020

John Lewis, the Stoic

A reflection on a moment I witnessed during the 2011 Occupy Atlanta protest

Jul 19, 2020

John Lewis, the Stoic

Jul 19, 2020

Thanks, Denny O’Neil, for introducing me to both writing and Batman

No storyteller had a greater influence on me becoming a writer more than Dennis “Denny” O’Neil, who passed away June 11.

Jul 1, 2020

Thanks, Denny O’Neil, for introducing me to both writing and Batman

Jul 1, 2020

We don’t come back normal

This week marks 10 years since I was diagnosed with cancer.

Jun 1, 2020

We don’t come back normal

Jun 1, 2020

I stopped writing because I fell in a hole

I’ve forgotten how to do this, so please bear with me.

Jan 4, 2020

I stopped writing because I fell in a hole

Jan 4, 2020

Stop trying to have sex in an Uber. Please. I’m begging you.

This is not clickbait. This is a plea.

Apr 28, 2019

Stop trying to have sex in an Uber. Please. I’m begging you.

Apr 28, 2019

America right now is a failure

If your child isn’t taken from you after you committed a misdemeanor, then congratulations.

Jun 20, 2018

Jun 20, 2018

David Brandt, Ver. 37 — more work required

In remembering his comedic idol, Louis C.K. once discussed how the late George Carlin would write new jokes every year for the set he would…

Aug 10, 2017

David Brandt, Ver. 37 — more work required

Aug 10, 2017

President Trump doesn’t give a damn whether you live or die

It only took half of his first 100 days as president to reach this ultimate conclusion: Donald Trump doesn’t care if I live or die. And the…

Mar 16, 2017

President Trump doesn’t give a damn whether you live or die

Mar 16, 2017

David Brandt

David Brandt

I’m David Brandt. I practice #Essentialism and #Minimalism as a journeyman (what I call “The Soloist”). Cancer survivor. Writer. Other -rs. #wavegoodbyetonormal

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