Posts

• 05 Jan 2023

  2023 Resolutions

  2022 was just fucking weird. Highlights: splitting up with my girlfriend and moving in with my grandfather to be his pri...
• 19 Dec 2021

  Fasting Extra Time

  While fasting, you find yourself with a surprising amount of extra time on your hands. While the fasted stated of your b...
• 18 Dec 2021

  Deep Pragmatism

  What a cool term! Along with all of its positive connotations, pragmatism has a stink to it. It is associated with shall...
• 17 Dec 2021

  Desire for Musical Skills

  I want to have musical skills. And I want them for only two reasons. And the reasons are very weird and perhaps creepy: ...
• 16 Dec 2021

  Close Spots

  The lingering poker player in my head tells me not to anguish over real-world close spots — decisions where the expected...
• 15 Dec 2021

  Tesla

  My friend is getting a Tesla! I almost want to fly down to visit just to get a chance to drive it. The coolest thing abo...
• 14 Dec 2021

  Obligations vs Values

  One of the strange lingering effects of coming off of retreat is the change in attitude to what had previously been thou...
• 13 Dec 2021

  Counselor Who Can Laugh

  One of the many things I love about my counselor is that they can laugh. They laugh if I happen to say something funny (...
• 12 Dec 2021

  Practical Philosophy

  One of the great joys in my life is practical philosophy — the exploration of ideas that can be implemented in our lives...
• 11 Dec 2021

  Trusting Your Own Experience

  On my journey to be more honest with myself, I am beginning to think Carl Rogers' concept of “trusting your own ex...
• 10 Dec 2021

  First Friday

  Today marks the first observance of First Friday, where I attempt to write blog posts for the entire month in one day. I...
• 09 Dec 2021

  A Friendly Mind

  Another way of putting being kind to yourself is being friends with your mind. And while most people think of themselves...
• 08 Dec 2021

  X Is Wrong About Y

  I have been finding it useful to say “X person in my life is wrong about Y issue”. Literally speak the words...
• 07 Dec 2021

  A Friendly Wager

  Jonny was worried that his friend was not going to be retained by his employer after her internship concluded. Given wha...
• 06 Dec 2021

  The 2 Hour Workday (Blog Idea)

  The idea: Work two hours a day next year on endeavors with immediate remuneration. My lovely girlfriend “bemoans&r...
• 05 Dec 2021

  Business Models

  A strange thought I had on my meditation retreat: “There are lots of different types of business models”. An...
• 04 Dec 2021

  Learnings From Blogging

  Ten things I learned (past tense) by writing a daily blog consecutively for nearly two years: I write poorly at 11:30pm...
• 03 Dec 2021

  Losing The Blogging Bet

  It looks like I lost the last longer blogging bet. While I was gone on retreat my auto-poster worked, but it looks like ...
• 02 Dec 2021

  Ahhh

  Preparing for an extended fast has three componentsmore than a few components for me: Determining if now is an appropri...
• 01 Dec 2021

  Hitting the Wall

  In general, hitting the wall refers to depleting your stored glycogen and the feelings of fatigue and negativity that t...
• 30 Nov 2021

  Suffering Optional Question Mark

  Suffering is optional, isn’t quite right. It’s more like, suffering for more than a few seconds is optional....
• 29 Nov 2021

  Honesty and Kindness

  I am coming to cherish two self-directed values: honesty and kindness. Previously, I implicitly held them in contradicti...
• 28 Nov 2021

  Twitter Timelocked Investments Initial Commit

  The initial shell for Twitter Timelocked Investments is live! And I hope to fill it in over the coming month. Then the r...
• 27 Nov 2021

  Tea Season

  Tea season is back baby. Sitting down behind the computer with a hot cup of cinnamon rooibos chai is oddly relaxing and ...
• 26 Nov 2021

  Pronouncement

  One thing my mind kept wanting to do while I was on retreat was to think about all the ways this newfound experience and...
• 25 Nov 2021

  Search for Community

  One of the main practicalities you take out of a residential meditation retreat is the imperative of community if you wa...
• 24 Nov 2021

  The Middle Blog

  A new blog I want to start writing is one that explores the both the poetic and practical path navigating between a full...
• 23 Nov 2021

  The Four Distortions of Mind

  Buddhism is full of lists. Lots and lots of lists. I learn this one on retreat and find it quite illuminating and, hopef...
• 22 Nov 2021

  Twitter Timelock Investments

  I have probably already written about this; please forgive me. However, I want to write about it again! The idea is for ...
• 21 Nov 2021

  REST

  An app/website idea in “initial idea development” stage: One stop shop for issues around death. End of life ...
• 20 Nov 2021

  Ten Things I Miss About Argentina

  Mica’s family. They are wonderful and make me laugh. Empanadas de carne from La Fachada At architecture of the Bu...
• 19 Nov 2021

  App Idea

  If this exists, please tell me about it. If not, please take this idea and create it. Everyday I see people driving dist...
• 18 Nov 2021

  Counseling Continues

  It has been about a year since starting counseling. A good excuse to reflect on the experience. While impossible to kno...
• 17 Nov 2021

  Interesting Take on Cancel Culture

  From it is way over-blown to it’s stifling discourse. From it’s about time people are held accountable to it...
• 16 Nov 2021

  The Forward Party

  Very interesting ideas spread from Andrew Yang’s brain to mine: Ranked-Choice Voting Open primaries Ranked choic...
• 15 Nov 2021

  Death Keeps Coming Up

  Everywhere babies are popping out. It’s great. Death also keeps coming up. 6 feet under, my grandfather facing the...
• 14 Nov 2021

  Thoughts Entering Silence

  With a three-week silent meditation retreat only days away, I am starting to realize it is actually going happen. Three ...
• 13 Nov 2021

  Beiler's Donuts

  Do not read this post if you are hungry. Continue… I loved Krispy Kreme doughnuts growing up. I could eat 6 glaze...
• 12 Nov 2021

  Belief Change

  I am coming to appreciate that the concept of belief change is important. It is becoming clear to me that growing is not...
• 11 Nov 2021

  Tyler Cowen Fan

  One thing I don’t want to lose as I get old is the ability to be a fanboy. Growing old seems to bring upon cynicis...
• 10 Nov 2021

  Show Off

  My kettlebells have been good friends during the pandemic. However it is time for bigger ones. I am grateful for my wond...
• 08 Nov 2021

  The Ground Beneath You

  A very poetic way to think about “understanding”: It is like the ground beneath you. The ground can be thin ...
• 07 Nov 2021

  Suspend Judgement

  Mica makes me chuckle. The speed at which she forms judgements is comical. Milliseconds after I finish any sentence that...
• 06 Nov 2021

  Market in Ten Years

  One reason I like the Lendship idea of facilitating friends and family lending is how it connects with the startup idea ...
• 05 Nov 2021

  The All in Podcast

  Mica and I are enjoying The All In Podcast in all of its weirdness. It’s weird, both as in very (W)estern (E)ducat...
• 04 Nov 2021

  Too Big to Fail

  A good argument for the major crypto currency’s future is that they have passed a point of no return. The are To B...
• 03 Nov 2021

  Golf Lesson 2

  The Backswing! First off, another reason that living in 2021 is the best time ever is golf simulators. The feedback on e...
• 02 Nov 2021

  Pre Tipping

  I have had two people in my life who were pre tippers. They tipped waiters and waitresses up-front for their meals. I be...
• 01 Nov 2021

  Prediction on Economics

  While I generally like to stay away for predictions, I think it is important to catalog the predictions I do have in ord...
• 31 Oct 2021

  Consistency Not Required

  Most of the personal needles that Mica sticks me with don’t hurt. Either because I have a reason for my actions or...
• 30 Oct 2021

  Twenty One Posts

  Today is the first of twenty-one pre-written blog posts — as I will be without a connection for the next three weeks. I ...
• 29 Oct 2021

  Drop it

  The marathon went well. Tha ks everyone for their support and encouragement. Heading into the retreat! Only goal is to d...
• 28 Oct 2021

  Marathon Equipment

  On my journey towards training and running a marathon in under two months I have picked up some equipment. My notion tha...
• 27 Oct 2021

  Autopost Test Run

  This post should have been published early in the morning – while I was sleeping – using this script. One of...
• 26 Oct 2021

  Screaming in Silence

  This time next week I will be sitting in silence. The Tuesday after that, I will be sitting in silence, and the followin...
• 25 Oct 2021

  Ready Set

  I’m all set for a marathon attempt this Thursday. No more running between now and then. I have the socks washed, t...
• 24 Oct 2021

  Writer Friend

  In my opinion, Jonny is a very good writer. I would love reading his blog even if he wasn’t (I imagine that is his...
• 23 Oct 2021

  Current Excitement

  I have been abnormally happy the last few weeks and I believe I now know why: I have the feeling that traditionally come...
• 22 Oct 2021

  Lock Up Your Bikes (Part Two)

  Should you lock your bike (which you love and is worth $400) up when grabbing a coffee and donut on you way to work? No!...
• 21 Oct 2021

  Lock Up Your Bikes

  There have been more bike thefts in our neighborhood recently. People are telling me to be careful and more cautious. No...
• 20 Oct 2021

  Short Codes

  One nice feature of blogging with Hugo are short codes. You can include pretty much anything in a blog post without the ...
• 19 Oct 2021

  New Blog Writing Routine

  Starting in November I am going to experiment with a new way to write posts for the blog. I am going to take one day eve...
• 18 Oct 2021

  Ready to Work

  Over the past little while two things have come together. I realized that the people in my life are happy. I am missing...
• 17 Oct 2021

  Its Not My Fault

  I have been struggling to lose weight for my 6 pack freeroll. I find myself thinking “it’s not my fault&hell...
• 16 Oct 2021

  6 Feet Under

  We are watching an old series called 6 Feet Under. Much of the show revolves around the family’s occupation in &ld...
• 15 Oct 2021

  Zero Days

  Both Mica and I had frustrating days. Our minds were dispersed, we were not able to focus, and we were irritable. I am c...
• 14 Oct 2021

  Joy of Strength

  I immensely enjoy being physically strong. And I don’t know exactly why. Surely a large part of it is pure vanity,...
• 13 Oct 2021

  Marathon Mind

  Today I ran a 13.4 miles, the longest I have ever trotted, and I still had some fuel left in the tank. Although I only h...
• 12 Oct 2021

  Features

  Today I only had a few minutes, so the site only got a title, subtitle, github link, and a simple navigation bar. This w...
• 11 Oct 2021

  New Site

  We have a new site! While it is currently worse than the old site, it is better in a few ways under the hood. And over t...