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There are natural limits on what I can compute on greed and will power alone, as I have said before, but greed and will power are my constant companions in the marketplace. I may be able to set them aside to some degree with respect to my disease and, to a lesser extent, with other [...]
I love to listen to NPR. In fact my clock radio and my car radio have been tuned exclusively to NPR for decades. Today’s episode of Science Friday really captured me though, which is weird because it was about economics. Well, not economics exactly; neuroeconomics, a combination of neuroscience, economics, and psychology to study how [...]
When I was 12 I lived around the corner from Kris. He was the most naturally athletic kid I’ve ever met. He was fantastic looking. He had 3 older brothers and they all had ‘toys’ – motorized toys. Dirt bikes and snowmobiles and ATVs. He was fearless and he was cool and I was intensely [...]
Nobody told me that, and honestly, I’m not sure I would have been able to hear them if they did, but man-o-man it is an important thing to realize. That’s my experience anyway.
You see, this isn’t my first rodeo. I had over 2 years sobriety on another occasion and I suffered a major illness. I [...]
I don’t know that I’ve ever been so sick and not been hospitalized. Without health insurance and without any savings I elected to just ride it out, which, in retrospect, was probably a bad idea. I haven’t had solid food since Monday, but I am finally keeping fluids down and the exhausting cycle of fevers [...]
When I don’t post for awhile it usually means I’m hurting, and not growing. When I’m hurting and writing I’m finally in the process of growing. I haven’t posted in awhile and I’ve been hurting for awhile and I’ve been incredibly blocked about getting to the answer. Even when I got to the answer I [...]
I’m trying a little expirement in extreme practice of the principles in a specific area of my life that I requires specific behavior that very, very few people, addict or no, ever do.
Am I above the law? The practice of humility requires that I answer no to that question. And if I am not above [...]
Seriously? That was border line rude. Me dissing you would have been having no plans, received your offer, and then made other plans.
It wasn’t borderline. What I did wasn’t borderline. It was rude and stupid and, seriously, I should be put out of my misery. First of all, I blame Oprah, because if I hadn’t [...]
It has been a long time since I could stand to have my picture taken. I’m feeling better, and more importantly (at least according to Billy Crystal) looking better. Well, they say it pays to advertise and since I’m already advertising exactly what kind of baggage this package contains I thought I might [...]
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