Literature
Idle Talk and Avoiding Discomfort
I used to live in a gated apartment in Los Angeles, near the LAX airport. There were all sorts living there; We had a group of Irish stewardesses who loved to party, for example. They would rage for three days with all the neighbors then head off to man a
Are We too Nice? - Nietzsche in Simple Language
“…underneath this reality in which we live and have our being, another and altogether different reality lies concealed, and that therefore it is also an appearance… occasionally regarding men and things as mere phantoms and dream-pictures…” (Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy 1) Nietzsche proposes a barbaric, contrarian mentality to counterbalance ideas
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Remembering Hemingway and Reflections
Today I’m at “Tiệm Cà Phê Sài Gòn Xưa” - an old cafe in Saigon. When in a new culture, I find it takes awhile to “find one’s footing” in a new place. You need to figure out not just where you are, but how to orient yourself.
Depression wears a pair of Wranglers
I once saw a post on a blog by a man with a picture of himself sitting on a fence, wearing a pair of Wrangler’s. He now wore premium, Japanese selvedge - the photograph was a throwback to his younger days. You could see a young, fit, good looking