by Josh Hanagarne on March 12, 2010
Groucho Marx
Although my Facebook profile doesn’t reflect it accurately, I’m a fan of quite a few things. I love Winston Churchill’s speeches and Sara Lee’s snack cakes. I like Otter Pops, Dorothy Parker’s essays, crossword puzzles, March Madness, and Nibs.
I can’t get enough of old Soundgarden, playing fingerstyle guitar, personal records in the gym, and conversations with good friends. I love to laugh and there’s nothing so fine as a vanquished foe, although thankfully I don’t have many arch-enemies.
But there may not be anything I like so well as sharp wit. [Read more...]
by Josh Hanagarne on March 11, 2010
By Hulbert Lee
In this exact moment, 99% of me tells me that what I’m about to tell you is false. But 1% of me tells me that what I’m about to tell you is the truth. I hope, by the time you finish reading this, you can accept the latter.
The 99% of me that tells me to stop is the side of me that I know is irrational; but even when I know of this, it is the side that I have given into for most of my life – a side where the fine line between rationality and irrationality, [Read more...]
by Josh Hanagarne on March 10, 2010
Earlier this week I received the most powerful, moving guest post I’ve ever read. About 24 hours later, the author decided that they were not comfortable having it published after all.
I was disappointed but I understood. The post was about overcoming a very serious addiction.
And although I won’t be able to publish it, I would like to paraphrase one sentence from the article:
When you cannot control what you do, if your weakness controls you, if you cannot say “no” to a box of cookies or a prescription bottle of pills, then you are not free. You are being lead by something else. [Read more...]
