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Perks of being a “prole”
“Not cool. Jokes about forking repo’s in a sexual way and ‘big’ dongles. Right behind me.” - Adria Richards While the world was crucifying Pax Dixon one of my coworkers was making a double entendre...
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Macchiato blues
“I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and lonely. But with all of that also came a real strong feeling of independence.” - Henry Rollins It’s Sunday afternoon. I sit alone at a coffee shop reading...
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Philosophia
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” - Plato Over the past week I struggled with reading through Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates. Here...
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You are special
“Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it’s only kept a secret from the person who fails.” - Robert Half According to science all my peers erroneously believe themselves to be...
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Snowball
“Left town in a coach came back in a jet.” - The Weeknd, I’m Good I keep a notebook filled with nothing but numbers. Weights moved, money earned, money spent, protein consumed, hours slept, and site...
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A letter from September 22nd, 2013
“When is now; when was then?” - Bill Nye About 15 minutes from writing this post, I discovered a website called FutureMe. The whole idea behind this site is that you can write a letter that gets...
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The “it” place
“Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.” - Reid Hoffman It’s 1913, you live in a rural town. Barnes & Noble have yet to be invented. As such, books are expensive and something of a rarity....
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“Who ever heard of a rich human resources manager?” - Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich My job isn’t hard, I get along with all my coworkers, and my boss is nice. Despite all these things I still hate...
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The party guy
“Never miss a party…good for the nerves–like celery.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald Most of the kids in my age range assume that I’m living it up. I constantly get told “f*ck school! You just get to do...
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Graduation/Relaxation
“In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding...
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