30-Degree Shift
Reality is a mass of reasons; I’m just here to map the gravity. 30-Degree Shift is a weekly publication of essays exploring the structural irony of the world through a neurodivergent lens. Whether it’s special relativity, the craft of fiction, or the sensory weight of a blue-buttercream cake, I’m looking for how light bends around our baggage.
TL;DR - My brain is a messy equation and I’m trying to solve it on the chalkboard in front of class.
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30-Degree Shift is a weekly column by William T. Torgerson
Get Ready With Me for Lunch With the Neighbor
We collect things as one life tumbles into the next. Of course, I'm talking about clothing.
Pick Up the Cone
A small moment with a cone has evolved into something to live by.
Show and Tell
Awe is non-transmissible, but we keep trying anyway.
The Cell Phone
At first I was excited about the wedding of my DND friends. Then I realized my ex would be at their wedding.
Life Isn’t Short
Nearly half my life is gone and I barely remember it.
Not because something happened—but because I wasn’t driving.