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  Mr. Money Mustache on “The Real Benefit of Being Rich

  May 15, 2019 · 1 min read

  This is a short essay by Mr. Money Mustache, who, some years ago, decided to quit his high-stress, highly paid corporate job and retire young on the savings he had acquired. He is now living a very rich life…

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  George Saunders on How and Why to “Freakify” Your Work

  January 20, 2023 · 1 min read

  George Saunders is among my favorite short story writers. I’ve mentioned him and his books several times in past blog posts. Recently, strolling through the Literary Hub website, I found a conversation between…

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  The Ancient Greeks

  August 31, 2020 · 1 min read

  This is the reading list that I assigned to myself several years ago – an introduction to the greatest thinkers of all time… The Ancient Greeks * Selections from The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer * One or two…

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  All the Sinners Bleed

  December 15, 2023 · 2 min read

  All the Sinners Bleed By S.A. Cosby Published June 6, 2023 352 pages This is S.A. Cosby’s 6th novel – and I think just about every one of them was a bestseller and/or won some sort of award. It was The Mules’…

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  Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

  April 27, 2019 · 1 min read

  The inside story of the detection of gravitational waves using the most sensitive scientific instrument ever made – the “LIGO.” The machine was designed to detect infinitesimally small sounds (vibrations)…

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