Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

The Poet Laureate of the New York Times Newsroom

Sunday, July 12, 2020

The True Story of My False Teeth.

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The fact of the matter is I don't have dentures. I have all my teeth. Because my mother made me go to the dentist every six mo...

Timericks from stories by Nick Timiraos, Kate, Davidson, Jon Kamp, Joseph De Avila, Eun-Young Jeong, and Tom Fairless.

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Mount Rushmore, from inside George Washington's left nostril. Fed, Treasury Disagreements Slowed Start of Main Street Lendi...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Zone of Avoidance.

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I deal in voids and walls. Been doing it since I was a kid in my father's workshop. He was a great old guy, my father. He used...

Photo Essay: Postcards to my President. Vol. 45.

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Timericks from stories by Stuart Condie, Sarah E. Needleman, Catherine Lucey, and Byron Tau.

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Stuart Condie.  WSJ.  ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Is Having a Moment as Pandemic Changes Shopping Habits. @StuartLCondie My father to...
Friday, July 10, 2020

the chain restaurants that proliferate in this region of farmland, rolling prairie and lakes.

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We moved to the country, my wife and I, to get closer to the truth. But all we found were fast food joints. It was a disappointment. ...

Timericks from stories by John McCormick, Catherine Lucey, Jacob Bunge, Jesse Newman, and Griff Witte.

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John McCormick.  WSJ. Trump Casts Wide TV-Ad Net to Shore Up Support. @McCormickJohn    @catherine_lucey If all the m...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Timericks from stories by River Davis, Sarah Krouse, and Joe Wallace.

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Tim Torkildson, creator of 'timericks,' and placed third in mini skirt humming this year. Reopened Theme Parks Ban Scre...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Investors have trimmed their bearish bets

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I was out of work and pretty desperate, so I answered an online ad that asked for people to be trimmed. Payment would be in gold Krug...
Monday, July 6, 2020

The Haunted Flea Market.

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On my way to the post office I passed an old abandoned parking lot, full of upheaved and cracked asphalt with weeds springing out of th...
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