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In that same vein, most all of the Cacophony Society was postal carriers. They created the "Disgruntled Postal Worker" camp at Burning Man. We loved the stories of Charles Bukowski working as a letter carrier, and Thom Jones as a school janitor, as they wrote on the side and eventually established careers.

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Indeed, the civil servants fighting the good fight on the side. Almost like Superman but in a much less boyscout kind of way. Perhaps that's why so many of us like antiheroes when we grow up.

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