Flaubert and the art of the day job
I just learned about Flaubert’s dictum: “Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”I love this. It…
Look what I found
It’s not often that you discover a brand new food that is both surprising and spectacular and doesn’t include an ingredient that I’ve never heard of before. But behold, the…
Stupid words for simple things
Here’s an expression that I’ve been hearing a lot lately:“Let’s talk about this offline.”These words are used when a person directing a meeting wants to engage in conversation with a…
Which coincidence would be more coincidental?
Regina Spektor’s song "On The Radio" - a personal favorite - has a chorus that goes:On the radioYou'll hear ‘November Rain’That solo's awful longBut it's a good refrainYou listen to…
Robots are coming for us
The scariest thing about this real life robot is that it’s even more lifelike and mobile than the robots that wiped out humankind in the Terminator movies.What the hell are…
Resolution update: September 2019
Each month I review the progress of my yearly goals and report on that progress as a means of holding myself accountable.Here are the results for September. __________________________________PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t…
Speak Up Storytelling #66: Carla Katz
On episode #66 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling.In our follow-up segment, we ask for advice about our cat, which isn't really followup, but…
Carla Katz: “I’ve Got a Guy”
On episode #66 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling. In our follow-up segment, we ask for advice about our cat, which isn't really followup,…
Shortcomings and Flaws: 2019
Years ago a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it comes to my salary,…
I’m worried that Frost’s poems will someday die
I dreamt last night that the Earth’s orbit was temporarily shifting towards the sun, which would briefly raise temperatures high enough to kill nearly every living thing on the planet.…
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