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/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
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6urKqKjoVLnSq5CX7HivF3?si=htfLrDsQSbywYlUjxyM5fg Actor, Robin Williams; Fashion designer, Kate Spade; Chef, Anthony Bourdain all killed themselves. Prodigal computer hacktivist, Aaron Swartz, hung himself at 26 years old. Miss USA, Chelsi Smith, is the most recent 'influencer' suicide as of this writing. In 2020, it's estimated 1.2 million of U.S. attempted suicide, and over 126 a day actually … Continue reading Why to Choose Living
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j1nfZZcPgHckBrWFHGvXv?si=z6pOBMiWThiXUmXxJ4r_lg On the plane coming back from Hawaii, the guy seated in front of me was easily over 300 pounds. He bulged over the armrests on either side of him. When he leaned his seat back, it came back so far it was virtually in my face. A teenage boy of equal girth sat next to … Continue reading On Being Fat
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xNZjqPTtkDmYWDH8r6Wor?si=Wk61CVhmTCKk2D1Mg7QeEg #Litchat hosted an author on Twitter who'd recently written a book about being proud to be obese. The author tweeted of being 310 pounds on her 5' 5'' frame. She touted that she was in “great shape, healthy and happy.” Others joined in and congratulated her on finally accepting herself for being fat. And … Continue reading Why NOT to Be Proud You’re Fat
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LWbdbjaOAeWGa6Abns7RF?si=GxpBGPPzSO-eqgZcmv0QOQ On our drive from school the other day my tweenage son told me a classmate had offered him a joint. I’d been preparing for this moment, staging it in my head for years, ready with my bag full of allegorical stories of my reckless youth before easing into the “Why drugs are bad for … Continue reading Between What is Said and What is Heard
