I don’t usually get flack on my posts, but when it’s happened, it’s mostly been on one topic. It’s a religious one, so if this gets you fired up, feel free to exit now. I’ve argued a couple of times … Continue reading
Dear God am I about to get busy. I apparently lack the ability to see past a certain point when I’m queueing up stuff, ’cause I’ve got like, 4 major projects that all start racing downhill in October. That’s a … Continue reading
Conventions – any conventions – are strange affairs. They’re little bubbles of groupthink, bringing out the most extreme tendencies of whatever niche has found hotels and rooms to hold them. No one convention is weirder than the other. It’s all … Continue reading
I love debate, and so I hate debating. In theory, the idea of debate is beautiful. Fencing for people who are weak, uncoordinated pansies. Carefully dancing around defenses, looking for openings. Occasionally goading your opponent into making a poorly considered … Continue reading
It’s a terrible thing to waste your time in this life, yet we are all programmed at the deepest of levels to live as if we are immortal. We do this, I’m sure, because the prospect of death is too … Continue reading
Portfolio.com recently posted an interesting article about the resurgence of really bad for you food, focusing on the strategy CKE (the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.) has adopted over the past half decade. Go read it, but if … Continue reading
When Detective Kima Greggs is learning the ropes as a murder police in HBO’s The Wire, her mentor advises her to look at the scene with soft eyes. Hard eyes will focus on the wrong things and miss the big … Continue reading
I’m currently reading Giving by Bill Clinton, which is an excellent book on the many ways you can share your own good fortune (be that fortune great or small) with those in need. One of the most difficult things about … Continue reading