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I just finished Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, and if there’s any book that has knocked me on my ass more in the last decade I can’t think of it. It’s a hard book to read because it tears you apart — it calls you out for the phony you are, you who presume…

Hiking is the last thing I’d ever think I loved, because it’s a totally miserable affair. Being outside in the sun (yuck), getting sunburned (double yuck), the sweat, the sore muscles, the bugs, the prickly bushes, the way your underwear becomes absolutely useless, if not counterproductive…oh, and did I mention the heat? But in the…

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of AMERICA. WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another; and to assume, among the Powers Of The Earth, the separate and equal Station to which…

I’m hereJust waitingFor the next train to arriveFor the next train to arriveFor the next train to arrive I’m hereJust waitingFor the next train to arrive, for the next train to arrive, for the next train to arrive I’m here just waitingFor the next trainto arriveFor the next train toarriveFor the next train to arrive…

They say that April showers bring May flowers, but this year it seems rather the other way around. It hasn’t yet stopped raining and we’re already halfway through May. Some will blame global warming. I blame whichever Victorian poet came up with that useless jingle.

I know you think you’re a genius. You’re the first person to ever realize how hard it is to remember where you parked or split the bill and your app is a totally brilliant solution to this problem. However I guarantee that someone has already had this idea. Most of the time, someone has built…

I don’t put much stock in the dog vs. cat debate, but I know that dogs love me more than cats do. And the feeling is mutual. There’s literally nothing better than being greeted by a dog at the end of a long day. I’ve known only two dogs very well in my life. Both…

There are few things in life that give me more pleasure than one of my many pairs of comfy pants. Comfy pants can come in all varieties; swishy, soft, silky, tight, loose. But they all have one thing in common, at least in my case: they are all comfortable, and they are all black. I…

I played violin for 15 years before I finally gave it up. I took lessons generously paid for by my parents from a very young age. I learned the techniques and I learned the fingerings and I learned the sheet music. I got to a relatively advanced level where I was able to play technically…

I so admire people who are able to write a full…anything. Whether it be a poem, a play, a book—the ability to cogently put down thoughts in order is so beyond me. I’ve started more things than I could ever possibly finish, and all of them seem somehow incomplete. If I were to review my…