-
Acrophobia
“It’s too humid for lightning,” Todd said with considerable authority. He walked back in from his balcony. “Is that really part of the equation?” I asked. “I don’t really know.” “Look, there’s more lightning,” said Anderson. “We can’t even hear the thunder. It’s way off,” I pointed out. “Are you really doing this?” Anderson asked…
-
RSS Works!
People always complain about my RSS because it usually works terribly. To be honest, it worked so poorly that all of my attempts to subscribe to my own feed to troubleshoot it have been failures. Finally I decided that I was going to sit down and figure out what the problem was. After a bunch…
-
Matilda the Squirrel
About a year and a half ago I started making friends with a squirrel. I would always keep some almonds in my pocket and would throw them for the squirrel to eat. At first she wouldn’t eat them anywhere near me, but by throwing them less and less far, I finally bridged the gap and…
-
Poker Progress
I wrote about becoming a pro poker player a couple weeks ago. I was going to write about something else, but two things sap my motivation: 1. I have wicked bad allergies to something, probably the Cedar-Elm, and can hardly focus on anything for more than 15 to 20 minutes before I start rubbing my…
-
Living in a Small RV: Odds and Ends
I’m not cut out for these series. I write a couple posts and then start wanting to write about other stuff, but I’m already locked in. Anyway, this is post three of the Living in a Small RV series, coming live from my RV on the side of the road in Austin, TX. Plumbing There…
-
Living in a Small RV: Electricity
This is a continuation of the Living in a Small RV series. It will be a bit boring for anyone who isn’t interested in solar power, but I wanted to write it like this because I had a tough time finding all of this information tied together. There are two classes of devices in an…
-
Living in a Small RV: Introduction
When I first bought an RV to live in last year a lot of people thought that it was a phase I would quickly snap out of. Part of me thought the same thing. Would a move from a 2000 square foot condo to a 100 square foot RV be bearable? As it turned out,…
-
Thoughts on Saving the Earth
Over the past year or so I’ve become a lot more interested in the environment. Maybe it’s my exposure to the wilderness around the world this year, maybe it’s the few documentaries about it that I’ve seen, or maybe it’s just the fact that it’s become a hot button issue and I’ve been forced to…
-
Becoming a Pro Poker Player
For a couple days last week I didn’t work. I woke up, walked to Casa, ate my lunch, sat with my friends until lunch hours ended, and then sat in the empty restaurant, staring out the window. What do I want to do with my life? Not the whole thing, but right now. Conversion Doubler…
-
On Set
Tucker Max and I will probably never be friends. We live by a lot of the same principles, but those principles have led us in very different directions. His daily pleasure is getting trashed and being obnoxious. Mine is eating vegan food and riding an electric skateboard. Still, that doesn’t take away from the fact…
