Practical advice for everyday life
The thing I remember the most were the eyes. It was the middle of August, and we had just gotten finished with a routine call a for a woman who needed to go to the hospital for signs of a possible heart and/or panic attack (sometimes they present the same symptoms…). We were about a…
Dear E & V, Life is awesome. It provides you with the opportunity to explore a reality rich in experiences that can be used as building blocks to make life what you want of it. I’ve written before that my own personal purpose in life is to live a life that is a work of…
Dear E & V, One of the great things about being human is our ability to communicate a message to someone without actually being there. That’s the whole point of these letters to you (though I do hope to chat about them with you when you read them), and the main point of books. Books…
Dear E & V, When people find out that I used to attend church regularly, or that I once wanted to join the priesthood, they have one of two reactions depending on their own beliefs and how much they know about me: they either chuckle or they ask to know more about my faith. I…
Dear E & V, I like science. Western society venerates science. Both of those sentences are loaded with meaning, and they don’t necessarily mean the same thing. Western society likes to put anything having to do with science and technology on a pedestal. We push kids into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers because…
Dear E & V, “F*ck You”. Those are two words you should never EVER utter to anyone. But you will. You will because that’s what happens sometimes when we’re angry. We utter words that are meant to sting others because we’re not thinking of their impact. And someone WILL say them to you. Hopefully it’s…
Dear E & V, People love simplicity. In a world driven mad by technological and social complexity, simplicity makes navigating life easy. Good and evil, us and them, men and women, me and you, Democrats and Republicans, NATO and Russia, dogs and cats, believers and heathens, good drivers and bad drivers, criminals and victims, the…
Dear E & V, Despite the title I promise you this is not some new age BS. This is about a basic fact of reality that will make your life easier if you can understand it: There is no separation between you and the outside world other than that which exists in your mind. An…
“A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” —JOHN LE CARRÉ It is an unfortunate consequence of unquestioning assumptions that millions of people across the world spend their working lives in conditions that are not ideal for their health and wellbeing. While there are many forms of work that have their…
Read more Office Work Is Killing You (or at least making you kinda sick): A Manifesto
Dear E & V, #zebrasaresuffering #lionsaremurderers #boycottlions I hope for your sake and the sake of society, no one uses hashtags by the time you’re old enough to understand their use. The use of hashtags is the modern manifestation of today’s behavior-to-be-avoided-if-you-are-a-virtuous-person: virtue signalling. Virtue signalling — like its sibling wealth signaling — is a…
