Our picture of what is normal isn’t true to how most of us actually are. The brilliance of Leo Tolstoy as a writer can be primarily put down to one thing.
Category: Why you write it
Missing the point: Statues pt.2: More stupid statues – Why does this one of Henry David Thoreau exist? (And actually… hang on, wait. Look at it. He’s actually asking the same question.)Missing the point: Statues pt.2: More stupid statues – Why does this one of Henry David Thoreau exist? (And actually… hang on, wait. Look at it. He’s actually asking the same question.)
(The following is from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, and the part is almost in its entirety because a) it kicks ass and b) could be my favourite passage in the book):
The philosophy of: William ShakespeareThe philosophy of: William Shakespeare
The aphoristic, short, sharp and punchy style of writing that makes so much of Shakespeare’s writing meaningful and powerful is something he shared with the Stoics, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca.
Thoreau was shit at mathsThoreau was shit at maths
I forgot what he said exactly but Henry David Thoreau said that wood is the gift that gives warmth twice –once when you chop it down and once when you
The first blogpost about one of my blogposts: Joshua SpodekThe first blogpost about one of my blogposts: Joshua Spodek
Joshua Spodek wrote the best-selling Leadership Step by Step and his blog’s one of the three sites I check every day¹: We’ve all got something we want to get better at, but
This is better than all the good things on the internet put together and then multiplied by 8This is better than all the good things on the internet put together and then multiplied by 8
Here are some palindromes¹: • ‘Are Mac ‘n’ Oliver ever evil on camera?’ • ‘Dammit, I’m mad!’ and: • ‘Desserts, sis? (sensuousness is stressed).’ Now, not only are those great,
4 people who motivated me to write 100 posts in 100 days (after 0 in the previous 1261)4 people who motivated me to write 100 posts in 100 days (after 0 in the previous 1261)
A couple weeks ago, I made it to 100 written and published posts in the first 100 straight days of this blog (it’s 120 in 119 now). That was significant for me
Kate Nash and Mallrat – Jamaican me smileKate Nash and Mallrat – Jamaican me smile
Think of a common and realistic love story. One where boy meets girl. Girl likes boy (a bit). Boy really likes girl. Boy gets awkward. Girl wants to know why
The two worst words in the English languageThe two worst words in the English language
The words ‘I’m’ and ‘bored’, when put together in that exact order, make up my most hated expression in the English language. (Sidenote: This is what it translates to, in case you’re wondering.)
I’m not coolI’m not cool
Occasionally I’ve done things which could be seen as cool. And other times I do things which are nerdy. I care less about that now though, than I used to
Another awesome fucking person that helped me #2Another awesome fucking person that helped me #2
The title of this series should actually be Another awesome fucking person who was cooler than me and who I wanted to be like that helped me, but whatever. I got
That was some bullshit writing yesterdayThat was some bullshit writing yesterday
The post I wrote here yesterday was crap. One of the reasons I started this blog was to improve my writing. I figure if you do something every day, every day,
Bad writers are pussiesBad writers are pussies
Every writer who’s afraid to be honest, holds back or tries to sound smarter or wiser than they actually are is shit. The author of Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, has
Another awesome fucking person who helped meAnother awesome fucking person who helped me
VICE does good work. And it’s cool too. But I’ve never thought the trendiness or coolness, whatever that is, is what defines it. It’s the investigative journalism and trying to