Pursuit of Dreams
The heavily tattooed bartender places my Stoli Tonic before me and asks if I’m new to the neighborhood. I take a moment to look at her and my first thought is how terrible the tattoos will look on her...
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“Can you fly out next Friday?” I’m interviewing for a job with a classical music festival in its inaugural year. For the last half hour he’s been telling me about the festival and how many big names...
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There is no such thing as talent. Talent is something that was created by those who wanted to sleep peacefully at night. Humans are a cursed breed. We are born with unlimited potential. Hercules....
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I wake up in a pool of sweat. I had the same dream. The worst part is that I never know that I am dreaming because in my dream I am laying in my bed trying to sleep. There is no hint in my dream that...
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It is easy to quit. To stumble and succumb to weakness and lay broken on ground. When the clock is running out and the lactic acid grows within you, why grasp at the ground searching for leverage to...
View ArticleHamiltonian Task
The man behind the counter is telling me a pack of M&M’s costs $1.19. Everywhere else the price is a dollar. I make him an offer. “I have one dollar here” I state while placing it on the counter....
View ArticleThe Looking-Glass
I am gently lulled out of my sleep by the sounds of seagulls. I get up and grab my phone and turn off the alarm. I have been using “Sleep as Android” to track my sleep cycles. It analyzes my movements...
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Five hundred. Five hundred pickups. That’s a number I figured when I was a teen. Five hundred street pickups and you could consider yourself a legitimate player. You need them for experience; to...
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