https://open.spotify.com/episode/2B6yJY1AYeS6fI7R0TrHDY?si=ngomJfl7RPSk96lLsrFJGg Am I two inches from the floor I can't see, or the next step is a 200 ft drop? Been fighting myself over this since I started writing fiction. I face this battle every damn day I sit in front of my laptop, the cursor blinking at me, waiting patiently for me to decide … Continue reading On Writing Fiction
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BxV6zK4ZFfuWt9b70B8Pf?si=dU4GUkYwTgSAtZtNq0Z2Yg I had a meltdown about writing—the process of—this morning. Simultaneously, my son, a recent computer science graduate, did too—about job hunting. He emailed me while I’m melting down: I’m applying for jobs and contacting these people but when absolutely no one contacts me back I feel like I’m sinking. I just feel like a … Continue reading On Self-Doubt
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dhgWPBhoXcSIFxr6LK29r?si=K28tZJjeSE-9XJK28s_6-A Einstein did not believe in God, as many [mistakenly] claim. Albert Einstein said, “My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.” He clarified with, “The word God is, for me, nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for … Continue reading An Atheist on Morality
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7f0NOkAN5Mk9f3CfhHEcBd?si=-m6S3IT6QAmPbAlI0ZdaAg How do you get good at anything? Practice. How do you get great? Obsession—Practice most all the time. Pick any famous author, artist, musician, and they’ll all have obsession in common. And while we, the public, enjoy the fruits of their creative labor, those closest to these individuals were/are generally left wanting more of … Continue reading Making It With Your Muse
https://open.spotify.com/episode/19MBZuMCFUtlbBZlMEpNyo?si=HxcgHAtGRrWpjNE82VmLZg I’ll never forget the first time I saw the world wide web. It was 1995. I was in my rented townhome in Alameda, a small island on the east bank of the San Francisco Bay. I already had a dial-up modem plugged into my Mac LC that I used to send graphic files to lithographers … Continue reading You Are NOT Safe from Web 3.0
https://open.spotify.com/episode/34z2gaPP8sWAaciNKlLcEt?si=Fve5au5DSmGF6jMvyf8Czw I’m a native Californian, born and raised in paradise. The weather along our more than 3,000 miles of tidal coastline is spectacular practically every day. The Sierra Mountains are our border sentinels, over 14,000 feet at their peaks, stretching 400 miles long of pristine wilderness to world-class resorts. Ski after brunch and be tanning, … Continue reading Love Letter from CA Native
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vH35R7Rcq3OQSpgEE9kPi?si=RVWzYhPDQ9qUznk9TfQl5g My daughter is studying for her SAT—her college admissions test. I never took the SAT because I got a D in algebra, twice. To advance to geometry, I took the same class again, from the same teacher that didn’t explain anything the first time. I didn't get the concepts behind the equations, or Mr … Continue reading Learning How to Learn
I hate running. It hurts my legs, my lungs, my back, my tits. I run between 3 and 4+ miles, five days a week. And I'll continue to run as long as the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I hate feeling fat, and running is the quickest calorie burn I know of (my me-time is hugely … Continue reading Marketing 101
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2L4JN2W8Op3cR5Bg0csYy0?si=h7CXHftJSHGbqfJ1kMEiBQ My mother was crying when I walked into the kitchen around sunset, her hips sunk into the linoleum counter top. She was slouched against the handle of the refrigerator door holding on to it as if to hold herself up. I looked over at my father who sat in his usual place at the head … Continue reading The Gift and Cost of Love
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kdkuLerWA3NCGdpN7kZle?si=xgGVFCpWQq2b34-Wpm0mog My father raised me to believe my mother was ignorant. “Your mother, (implying like most women) is irrational. Fickle. Full of love and lightness, but not really a [deep] thinker.” All women were (are) not as… capable as men, according to my father, as the woman’s primary job— her role in society of mom, caretaker, homemaker— isn't like a … Continue reading How to End SEXISM
