I’m using a moving company to move me from California back to Wisconsin. A dude came out to my house and gives me an quote and lines up the details about the move. At the end of that, he made clear I should “give him a 10” (or whatever the highest rating was) on the […]
There is a story in the lastest The Magazine which is introduced by the editor this way: “…Scott McNulty’s story about D&D helping him conquer his introversion…” Scott’s story is pretty sweet. It’s about how playing D&D on Friday nights was the source of some social confidence. D&D made that friendship possible, and it also […]
There is some music festival coming up here in California soon. Coachella. I’ve never heard of it until now but apparently it’s been going for like 12 years. There was a time, not so long ago, I was hugely into music. I would have considered it my #1 interest. I would have looked at a […]
Leon Neyfakh has a great article “The Power of Lonely” on boston.com. The sad truth of social perception: Spending time alone, by contrast, can look a little suspect. In a world gone wild for wikis and interdisciplinary collaboration, those who prefer solitude and private noodling are seen as eccentric at best and defective at worst, […]
