...only fools optimize for wisdom. This is one of my favorite PG essays in a long while. Paul says this about those who optimize for smartness over wisdom,
Instead of obliterating your idiosyncrasies in an effort to make yourself ...Read More
This post details a strategy I employ to optimize one of my scarcest resources: brainpower.
Don't think, go with your gut.
If you're a beginner, your gut is probably wrong. Experts can skip to step 3, otherwise,
Be surprised at how wrong ...Read More
I decided to conclude my women's issue media-themed weekend with Todd Haynes' illegal, quasi-PSA/melodrama/biography about Karen Carpenter, Superstar. I was intrigued by the description of the film on Elvis Mitchell's The Treatment. Having muddled through my feelings on ...Read More
I finally signed up for yelp and wrote my first review. Read More
I haven't had a nightmare in ages, but I do have chaotic, sometimes apocalyptic dreams. One of the recurring themes features an ocean whose tide waxes against the beach, raising the sea level by several feet after each ...Read More
As I listened to Jimmie Dale Gilmore's essay on NPR's This I Believe, I grew steadily more excited, hearing my own feelings on belief and happiness echoed quite precisely. If you flip through my past posts, you will see ...Read More
If Only Her Highness
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Josh tagged me, so here's my list.
I was denied a job at the See-Eye-Ay (doubt that'll fool their spy-bots) because their polygraph test told me I was lying when I wasn't. This was only the beginning of my disgust ...Read More
Exhausted and crumpled on a couch where I know I shouldn't be. Tail too tired to wag, but door creaks and I perk. Familiar smell followed by unfamiliar brings those curiosity pangs. Worse than the hunger kind. I am big ...Read More
