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You want to live the happiest life you possibly can. I do too. But how do we do that? Most things, like where we were born or who our parents are, aren’t under our control, but we can focus on the things that we can control, like making better decisions. That’s easier said than done, …
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(Content Warning: Watching awkward sex scenes with my mom and mild spoilers of Martin Scorsese movies.) Thirteen years. Thirteen long fucking years is how long I’ve been waiting for this movie to come out. I love movies, LOVE THEM. Like many kids, and especially kids in shitty households, the TV was an escape for me. …
Intro Recently went to a talk from Vinay Gupta. Slides are here. I usually find most speakers disappointing in that their ideas aren’t really crisp, and/or too virtue-signally or hand-wavy. I was pleasantly surprised. It reminded me how much I respect how engineers think — first principles, clean slate, “how do we build this efficiently?” …
My dad woke me up and had me come downstairs. I was sleepy but it seemed important. The TV was on and it showed flames coming from some buildings. I don’t remember if it was before the plane hit the South Tower or not. I don’t remember my parents’ or sister’s reactions. I got dropped …
The alarm goes off. It’s 4:30am. Time to go to Home Depot for plywood. If they took your pulse on the drive there, it would be 120. At least it felt like that. When you arrive, there’s already a line stretching out the door. The manager is going up and down the line telling people …
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Other actors have accomplished more in terms of number of Great Movies and doing both acting and directing or film and television and theatre but I’m not sure anyone has come close to the film career that Harrison Ford has. He has the perfect combination of critically acclaimed darlings and box office franchise smashes (usually …
If you were to ask me “What are you most proud of?” I would answer “My relationships.” Here are some of my favorite resources on the topic. I don’t endorse all the things here but this is a good assortment to get an idea of what’s out there. (These are mostly from the male-side of …
This was originally published in 2013 in “Zombies?! Zombies!! An Anthology”. He didn’t want to do this. He couldn’t do this. “I can’t. I can’t.” He was sobbing now. The tears were streaming down his face. “Please no. I can’t! Please!” No one else could do anything. “GOD HELP ME!” he shrilled. “Is this …
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