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Patrick McKay
Patrick McKay is a dad, writer, and ad creative living in Seattle. He’s generally available to moan about the barbarities facing our precious advertising agencies. He’s currently trying to finish his first novel. Fingers crossed on that.
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June 22, 2021I Think Bill Gates Is the New Drummer in Our Early Aughts Cover Band
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November 25, 2020COVID Surge Black Friday Deals
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August 16, 2019Drybarfly
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June 24, 2019A Letter to My Younger Self About Gratitude, Humility, and How You’ve Forgotten You Were Raised By Wolves
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November 18, 2015My Carpet Liquidation Center Really is Going Out of Business This Time
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October 16, 2012You Don’t Love Limbo Like I Love Limbo
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March 15, 2012Honest Spotify Playlists
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August 30, 2011You Don’t Have the Mental Stamina to Outlast Me in This Dry Sauna
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July 27, 2011Here’s How My Humor Works
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February 10, 2025Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
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February 13, 2025Finally, My Tax Dollars Are Being Used to Uncover Publicly Available Government Information
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February 5, 2025Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
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February 4, 2025An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
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February 21, 2025Don’t Tread on Me—Unless You’re a Billionaire with a Ketamine Addiction, in Which Case I Enthusiastically Support It
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February 21, 2025Why I Chose to Reenter the Matrix and Be a Living Battery for the Machines
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