The pursuit of “having it all”, or to be more precise “being it all” is not a new phenomenon. Back in 1726 at the young age of 20, one of our most colorful founding fathers laid out a plan to attain just such a lofty goal.  Benjamin Franklin decided that he would pursue moral perfection. He defined the Thirteen Virtues [...]

Until recently I have only owned one suit. A noticeably dated suit to anyone that follows men’s fashion closely. A Perry Ellis suit with a 4-button jacket. In order to make a great change in a particular area of your life, it is often helpful to model your goal following someone that you feel embodies it very well.  In my [...]

One of the most important concepts I took from the Four Hour Work Week was the concept of long term travel.  The concept is simple. Step 1: Get yourself into a job where you work from home. Step 2: Make your “home” anywhere in the world you want for several months to a year at a time.

Merlin Mann talks about how people get to do the awesome things that they do (on Back to Work with Dan Benjamin). How is it that Dan Benjamin or Leo Laporte have great podcast networks? How does John Gruber (who Merlin lovingly…and jokingly refers to as “an angry alcoholic”) have an amazingly popular blog that is considered one of the top tier Apple news and opinion outlets? How does Merlin Mann get paid to “tell dick jokes”?

A man walks down the street He says why am I soft in the middle now Why am I soft in the middle The rest of my life is so hard I need a photo-opportunity I want a shot at redemption Don’t want to end up a cartoon In a cartoon graveyard

Back in January, I drafted the first post for superhumanist. It is now early August, and that rough draft hasn’t made it out the door. Maybe I wasn’t quite ready for the ideas I wanted to talk about here. But I am now.

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Not So Special Relationship Obama Administration giving Brown the cold shoulder. Sep 23, 2009 Chess Set, How Much! Legendary film chess set makes 140,000 US Dollars. Sep 16, 2009 Irish Referendum Will there ever be a decision on Lisbon?! Oct 01, 2009

Space Clown First clown in space, closer to reality with Guy Laliberte. Sep 21, 2009 Bearded Vultures Over 200 of the featured creatures spotted in India. Jan 16, 2009 Giant Fish Extinction 3 year survey fails to find a single Chinese paddlefish. Jun 09, 2009