If you enhance the lives of the people around you, you will enhance yourself. The days are often foggy, the ships at sea get lost. Being the beacon saves lives. I only…
If you enhance the lives of the people around you, you will enhance yourself. The days are often foggy, the ships at sea get lost. Being the beacon saves lives. I only know because I have lived so much of my life in a fog. Crashing into the shore, with nobody as my beacon, nobody […]
And that’s when things went bad: One time she walked out and said, “I have to run errands” and she then went straight to the airport, flew to another country, and I…
And that’s when things went bad: One time she walked out and said, “I have to run errands” and she then went straight to the airport, flew to another country, and I never saw her again. Another time, another relationship, she said, “I love you” and two days later was married to another person in […]
Imagine this: a woman slave escapes from you. You try to kidnap her away from her children, and bring her back to your house. You want her to spend the rest of…
Imagine this: a woman slave escapes from you. You try to kidnap her away from her children, and bring her back to your house. You want her to spend the rest of her life as your slave. I’m fascinated by the story of Ona Judge. For one thing, I love anyone named Ona. But more […]
I’d be a loser if I couldn’t follow my own advice right now. I’m in a state of panic right this second. PANIC. FEAR. OBSESSING. ANXIETY. I lost my passport and birth…
I’d be a loser if I couldn’t follow my own advice right now. I’m in a state of panic right this second. PANIC. FEAR. OBSESSING. ANXIETY. I lost my passport and birth certificate. I have no other form of ID. I have to FLY to Panama on Sunday. In order to get a passport in […]
I hate lunch. I hate going to lunch. I hate walking there, waiting, ordering, waiting, eating, paying, walking home. AJ Jacobs does also. So we came up with a solution. We have…
I hate lunch. I hate going to lunch. I hate walking there, waiting, ordering, waiting, eating, paying, walking home. AJ Jacobs does also. So we came up with a solution. We have Skype lunches. I make a sandwich. Skype AJ, and we talk for a half hour while eating. Problem solved. Friendship on track. I […]
I took LSD and it ruined my life. This is not a writing tip. I was at graduate school in 1990 and I wanted to be a professor of Computer Science. I took…
I took LSD and it ruined my life. This is not a writing tip. I was at graduate school in 1990 and I wanted to be a professor of Computer Science. I took one tab. Nothing was happening. Then suddenly we were lying on the floor and the ceiling was a maze. Then suddenly we were […]
One time I was crying and my mom, quite reasonably wanting me to stop, threw a knife at me. It missed. She had poor aim. But it did stop me crying. It…
One time I was crying and my mom, quite reasonably wanting me to stop, threw a knife at me. It missed. She had poor aim. But it did stop me crying. It was a long time ago. I was 12. I don’t remember too many things from when I was 12. But I remember the […]
