Hi, my name is Jason, and I’m a mawk.

My problem started out slowly. A teary source here. A sob story there.

But then it began to take hold of me, to dragging me deeper and deeper into the sad, sappy recesses.

Soon I was combing my source list and working the phones for the saddest, most mawkish story I could get.

I wanted angst. I wanted conflict. I wanted a story that would make the Book of Job look like "Pee Wee’s Big Adventure."

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