“Hello?” “Hey.” “Hey, what’s up?” “Nothing.” “Cool.” “So, answer this, what would you say is the most unforgivable offense for an adult?” “I don’t know, murder?” “No, I don’t mean like that.” “Rape?” “No.” “Dude? What are you talking about?” “I mean, like what is the most socially offensive thing you can do that isn’t... Continue Reading →
The hardest part about trying something outside the box is that it's only cool if it works. When something works, you look like the visionary who took a risk and triumphed against the odds. When it doesn’t, you’re the fool who wasted time on a silly pipedream. Granted, in public you’ll have a fun story... Continue Reading →
Sixto Rodriguez is an American singer and song-writer who was born in the 1940s and began his career in the late 60s and early 70s. He achieved very moderate success in music and primarily supported himself for decades working on an assembly line in Detroit where he lived in a dilapidated house he’d bought at... Continue Reading →
“Hello?” “Yo, what’s up?” “Hey, what’s up?” “So, listen to this.” “OK.” “The other day I go into the bathroom at work and there’s some dude in the stall putting out an ungodly smell. It legit smells like toxic waste in there.” “Two things: First, have you ever actually smelled toxic waste?” “No I have... Continue Reading →
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters by Alan Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa Subtitled, “From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire Paperback”, this book explores the science of evolutionary psychology and how it influences our everyday lives. I’ve always found the subject fascinating. Despite how far humans have advanced, we... Continue Reading →