"You are freaking hilarious! Thank you for bringing your humor into our lives, it's just what is needed in this world, there's not enough of it." — Amy S.
So, I'm starting a c̶u̶l̶t̶ support group for like-minded luminaries
The world feels pretty heavy right now. Between political chaos, economic uncertainty, and the general state of everything, we could all use a reliable bright spot. That's where I come in.
I write 4-5 newsletters each month that serve as your weekly dose of sanity in an insane world—full of mischief, absurd observations, and stories that make people snicker when they really need it most. I am a bit like an emotional support monster.
This is my full-time job and my way of making the world a little less dark. If this brightens your day and you believe in supporting independent weirdness, consider a paid subscription. If that's out of reach, please keep sharing these newsletters with others—that means the world to me too.
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Full archive access to years of chaos and questionable life choices
The satisfaction of keeping independent weirdness alive in a world of corporate content
"You’re amazing - thanks for making me laugh. We Americans need that right now." — Barbara
"You are a nut case, don’t ever change!" — Patricia L
"I love the offbeat humour - just the thing for the silly season! Read your books a couple of weeks ago too. Laughed out loud - can't wait for more." — Sarah
"Your mind is so different! And creative! And you put it to good use! Thanks!" — Joe Scales
"I supported your work because … you are a solid dude and because, on balance, the things that you write make me less sad and more hopeful. Rock on." — Joshua P
Typical examples of my nonsense
"I can generally tell when trouble is brewing among my children because they start talking about how handsome I am." Call Me Nebuchadnezzar
"Picture me desperately trying to defuse the situation, using my meager high school German to assure everybody present that I do not actually wear women’s panties." Strange Passage, Part One
"Now I’m involved. And I’m not happy, obviously. There’s a fairly antagonized spider loose in the bathroom. He’s missing four legs and there’s nothing that can be done for him. Super-glue will not remedy the situation. Time to cut our losses. 'I’ll have to kill it,' I whisper to Boudica." The Invisible Spider Trick
A bit about me, Kris St.Gabriel
It is true that I have been, at various junctures, a homeless person, a creative director at Harvard Medical School and, now I think about it, a biological software engineer for that same institution. I have done contracts for Adobe, UCSF, and Caltech, and Stanford. At one point, Comedy Central asked me to help promote two of their television shows via my extremely silly ecards website, Wrongcards.com, which I founded in 2008.
I should also mention that some people believe I stole the world’s most famous skull—Phineas Gage’s skull, that is. And this, by the way, is because I wrote a suspiciously detailed and intricate book concerning the incident called The Harvard Skull Fiasco.
It might be a semi-autobiographical novel; my legal advice was to keep my observations on that subject ‘vague as hell’, whatever that means. What is absolutely true, however, is that my book was absolutely the first satire of Harvard, in all of history. Yeah, you’re welcome.
Unfortunately, since I published The Harvard Skull Fiasco, I find that potential employers a little hesitant towards me. I think I might have anesthetized any possibility of future employment.
And so, I write instead. Welcome to my Substack.
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