All Hail the Carrot Goddess: Eating Plants by Shane Van Oosterhout

by Josh Hanagarne on February 3, 2012

Note from Josh: Shane is becoming one of my favorite writers. If you didn’t catch it, please check out his post Life After Depression after this one.

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Worship the Carrot goddess!

Vegan is a goofy word.  It sounds like a magical food cult where root vegetables are worshipped beneath a full moon.  All hail the carrot goddess.

By definition vegans must not eat animals or anything derived from them, including eggs and dairy.  Some vegans also boycott honey because they believe it’s a form of insect slavery.  A fundamentalist vegan will not wear leather or other animal hides, furs, or silk harvested from non-unionized moth larvae.

Even before vegetarianism went mainstream, vegans dined on the extrasolar fringe, frightening their parents half to death.  If vegetarians were believed to be in grave danger of anemia, radical weight loss, decreased immunity, or reading Karl Marx, vegans were bona fide nut jobs in need of a C.I.A. takedown. [Read more...]

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The Abominable Beast – Guest post by Gustavo Silva

by Josh Hanagarne on February 2, 2012

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Yoda!

This story I heard when I was younger: the story of two brothers that owned a circus. They had been traveling for a long time, carrying their show from town to town, until they found out that they were broke.

The two brothers were in despair; they didn’t even have enough for the payroll which was to come due at the end of the month. The night before they arrived to the next town they were programmed to perform, they came up with a desperate plan for their last show. [Read more...]

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How to Get Over “It’s Too Hard” and Get On With It. All of It: Guest post by Kelly Diels

by Josh Hanagarne on January 31, 2012

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Lazy!

by Kelly Diels

A conversation with my inner lazy ass.

(Ok, she’s my outer lazy ass.)

Writing. Rising Up. Raising Cash. Raising Kids. Working. Working out. Losing weight. Not losing my mind while keeping it all together.

These things are hard. Or, I tell myself they’re hard.

Let’s talk about hard. [Read more...]

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New lessons from the The New, New Thing – Michael Lewis – 1999

It seems that in this age of newness, any book about technology is outdated as soon as it’s published to your Kindle. That said, The New, New thing should be on the book stand of any aspiring developer, tech investor, or fan of sordid tales of Silicon Valley during the late, great tech boom.

January 30, 2012 READ MORE →

Call for Guest Posts: Desperate Times!

Gang of one, My tics are absolutely horrific right now. Not sure why. I’m all right, just tired and achy and annoyed. And awesome. Handsome, too, or so the men who hit on me while I’m desk suggest. Joking and whining aside, typing is a challenge right now, so I’d like to offer any of [...]

January 28, 2012 READ MORE →

Touching the Void – Watch it!

I’ve had friends who were serious climbers. I’ve read a lot of books about extreme mountaineering. I thought I knew enough to know that I was never going to climb anything taller than the stairs of the library. Now, after watching Touching the Void, I’m more certain than ever that I am meant to be [...]

January 26, 2012 READ MORE →

Please Help me Choose my Author Photo – Here are your Options

It is time for me to start thinking about my author photo. I’m not a big fan of my own face, but apparently I’m not going to get away with just submitting a picture of my formidable back musculature. As always, I turn to you, fine readers. I’ve recently taken some photos. It’s probably going [...]

January 24, 2012 READ MORE →

5 Movies Worth Watching

Yay for movies. Here we go: Warrior I love Mixed Martial Arts. I enjoy a decently made sports movie. I like Tom Hardy. Win! And if Tom Hardy’s traps are any indication, he’ll have no trouble dealing with Batman on July 20. Carnage Four nasty adults saying nasty things to each other and behaving increasingly [...]

January 23, 2012 READ MORE →

Library Hell

As much as you know I love my job, sometimes it’s…well, if you’re a librarian, you can fill in your own answer there. I’d probably agree with whatever it is. For nearly a year now, I’ve been gathering material for a new project: Library Hell. I’ve been taking submissions and have had a good enough [...]

January 20, 2012 READ MORE →

Secrets of a High-Maintenance Woman

I know what you’re thinking…”What business does this mirror-kissing, solipsistic, mucky hog of a male, with his bent glasses and broken teeth, have giving me advice about being a high-maintenance woman?” Take a breath. I know plenty. And I know it because I spent a good part of my day yesterday studying this textbook:

January 20, 2012 READ MORE →
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