Save the Touchy-Feely for the Redwoods
I was the new guy at the company, I’d just met Allison, and here I was laying my feelings out for her. She probably thought I was nuts. And for good reason. I hadn’t earned the right to ask her to care how I felt.
Meaning-Making Machines
Grandma Powazek once told me why she stopped making cucumber salad. She’d been chopping cucumbers when her hands started to…
Happiness Math: Yesands vs Nobuts
It took me 34 years to learn it, but I’ve finally figured out a basic mathematical principle that predicts my…
Both Sides Now
Note: In this entry, I talk about life, death, and the conclusion of Six Feet Under. Don’t read it if…
Emotions create decisions
Sometimes in the cacophony of blog noise, there’s a gem like this post from Caterina: People whose brains are damaged…