PinnedHigh Stakes and High OddsI’ve never considered myself a good reader. I’ve always felt others were more serious about it, faster and more dedicated. I think comparison and inferiority run adjacent to a lot of creative pursuits. I remember even as a teenager feeling I’d wasted my life because I’d spent so much time…Motivation4 min readMotivation4 min read
Jan 26, 2022Getting into LawnsThere’s a freak out there for everything. It’s one of the great novelties of time spent trawling the Internet, finding some obscure idea or niche hobby — impossibly weird and wonderful and yet it’s someone’s whole life. …Lawn Care3 min readLawn Care3 min read
Jan 6, 2022An Ode to Being AliveIt’s an awfully interesting thing to be alive. I’ve been thinking about it a bit lately while walking my dog along the quiet bushy trails near our home. I must have read something about walking mindfully and it crosses my mind most days when we’re out. I take a few…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Oct 28, 2021Going ViralA language for the times At some point in high school, we read ‘ 1984’, and were introduced to Orwell’s idea of Newspeak was the simplified language used as a means of social control in the fictional totalitarian superstate, Oceania, in which the story is set. Newspeak introduced me to…Language3 min readLanguage3 min read
Oct 22, 2021A Little WildWhy good dogs are for chumps With charming regularity, our dog, a blue heeler/kelpie/some other stuff reminds me at his core he remains a savage. Our often timid and affectionate mutt we sometimes invite to sleep next to us loves stalking birds and losing his mind at threatening looking dogs…Dogs3 min readDogs3 min read
Oct 7, 2021The Great ResignationLamentations of an old Fitzroy Boy I keep coming across bold forecasts about what the media seems to be calling ‘The Great Resignation’. It’s supposedly been happening in Europe and the US and slowly, here in Australia. Depending on the article, and if they’re to be believed, as many as…Careers6 min readCareers6 min read
Sep 28, 2021Enter the MetaverseThe battle for here and now The term “Metaverse” comes from a 1992 sci-fi novel called by Neal Stephenson. In Snow Crash, The Metaverse is a singular, adjacent reality; an immersive successor to the Internet where players escape a real world gone to the dogs (read: private corporations). Sounds like…Metaverse4 min readMetaverse4 min read
Sep 23, 2021A Crisis of MeaningProbably a good thing? When you decide to start writing regularly and the algorithms get wind of it, there’s no shortage of content out there; advice, encouragement and long treatise on writing as powerful cure-all. For every question I have about grammar, or challenge I have about voice or content…Meaning3 min readMeaning3 min read
Sep 13, 2021Shesh BeshSkill, luck and starting again Backgammon is one of the oldest board games in existence. It’s known by different names around the world and there are several different variants. I first learned it as ‘shesh besh’, as they call it in Israel and much of the Arab world. I still…Skill4 min readSkill4 min read
Sep 7, 202180% GoodOne for the amateurs In 2012 I spent a year working as a tour leader in Eastern Europe, mostly the Balkans. All the other guides were local and while the tours were great, many of the best moments were with the guides. Occasionally, we’d cross paths in a remote corner…Amateurs4 min readAmateurs4 min read
