Tag: new zealand
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Notes on the Dead Reckoning
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All The Good Stuff Is At The Bottom
“Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”
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I Won’t Like It
It’s not that I think pop culture creates sub-par stuff. It’s how we’re asked to perceive popular culture that steps on the significance it could have. We’re not asking questions…
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What The Hell Is a Hobby?
This all reminds me of Parkinson’s Law: work contracts to fit the time you give it. My goal is fairly simple: restrict my “work” to 15 hours a week. Three,…
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The Audacity Doing Something You Might Enjoy.
“This is selfish,” I say. “And that’s the point.”
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I Forgot How To Read
Teaching someone how to read is akin to teaching someone how to write – after a certain point, there’s nothing else to teach.
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2024: The Year of Wonder?
You know the feeling of awe. Awe is passive, it is amazement, and it usually passes. But, if you can catch it in the moment, then it might just be…
A decade ago, in a February, I was standing in knee high grass well before dawn on the side of a two-lane highway miles outside of Te Anau waiting for a ride. It is four in the morning and my body is stuck in that hungover moment where I can’t stomach the idea of eating…
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