I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. — George Carlin I will bet you a book that I have heard every excuse for why people do not read more often. Most of the benefits are self-evident (e.g. books make you … Continue reading 10 Books & 5 Essays to Read Before 30
Betty Draper: How are the [bottles] already open? Ronnie Gittridge: Betty, we don’t want life to look difficult, now do we? Mad Men, Season 1: Episode 9 Relatively few people want to run 100 miles at one time. That is roughly the distance from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Salzburg to Innsbruck, or mental health to insanity. … Continue reading How to Run 100 Miles in a Day or So
Fred Jung: Money isn’t real, George. It doesn’t matter. It only seems like it does. Young George: Are you gonna tell Mom that? Fred Jung: Yeah, that’s gonna be a tricky one. — Blow (2001) My evolving theory is that rap music is the purest commercial form of ego expression (perhaps its own post one day). In … Continue reading The Financial Wisdom of Rap Music
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it — Willy Wonka, Pure Imagination (1971) The 24 hours threw me off. It started with a phone call in February to my friend Sam I hadn’t spoken to in years. Before the call ended, as a last-second … Continue reading 24 Hours in the Desert: The World’s Toughest Mud Run
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