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Roulette
Everything in life is easier when you don’t care, especially relationships. With no emotional investment, there’s no pressure for it to go right, and no real consequences for it going wrong. Not caring seems to be the best way to…
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Tapestry
When I think of my soul, I see myself sitting in an endless field. In front of me is a large white sheet held at each corner by some rope attached to two long poles, one on each side. There’s…
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Piracy
I pirate lots of content. Movies, shows, music, books, etc. I don’t pirate software, and I don’t pirate games. Here’s some thoughts on piracy inspired by a conversation I recently had: The internet should be free, and free, for all. Anything…
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Take My Breath Away
In the summer of 2012, I was sitting in the gym at my school, nearing the end of a biology exam. Out of the blue I felt a sharp pain in my chest, but I worked through it and soon…
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Balance
Something I’ve loved for a long time is the shopping trolley theory. I don’t mean the trolley problem, although I do love that. This is a different thing. When you go to a shop to buy a lot of stuff…
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Who Am I?
For years now I’ve had people come up to me with glee to tell me I remind them of John Lennon. I’ve got responses prepared for most of these people, like ‘oh really?’ or ‘must be the glasses right?” Sometimes…
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Writing (2)
I’m really lucky that I’m not a writer because I can make myself do a lot of things but writing is not one of them. I can’t force myself to put words on a page. I’ve been sitting here, staring…
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Crossroad Blues
He sold his soul to the devil for the Blues. Robert Johnson was born in Mississippi, in the Summer of 1911. After a tumultuous couple of years he ended up in Memphis where he learned maths, reading, and most importantly,…
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Closing Chapters
And so closes another chapter in my book. My quaint novella is becoming a giant epic. Some of the chapters have stories that span years, decades even. Others are but a few pages. There’s a lot of interweaving narratives too…