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NH, week 2.5

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

It’s important to remember that NH is nice. Trees abound, cost of living is cheap, everything is alarmingly close. If you live in Nashua, no matter where exactly you live, you’re no more than fifteen minutes from work. It’s like a reality as designed by Chris Maahs. I never thought I would say that and [...]

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What I’ve been doing

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Sorry I’ve been gone. Let’s step back a minute and describe what’s happened since June: I moved out of LA, went to Clarion, drove from Seattle to MN, found an apartment in MN, flew to LA with my dad and moved our shit back to MN, moved in, tried to get a job doing anything [...]

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Nothing Matters?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

I just discovered this interview with Scott Bakker, author of one of the three greatest fantasy epics of all time, The Prince of Nothing, as well as Neuropath, a near-future pyscho-thriller.  In the interview Bakker mentions having had an email exchange with Richard K. Morgan  regarding “the nihlistic implications of modern neuroscience.” Bakker says: There’s going to be people who deny this stuff come hell [...]

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David Foster Wallace

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

If you’re the sort of person who would give a shit, you already know that DFW killed himself a couple of days ago. Hanged himself, in fact, which is a peculiar way to go about it, but then, he was a peculiar guy by all accounts. I find myself surfing a wave of strange feeling [...]

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The passionate life

Thursday, September 11, 2008

DDB sent me this link, from metafilter, on making a living (or not) from what you’re passionate about. Incredibly well-written, incredibly wise, well worth two minutes.

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