Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: Part One
A trip back into the defining and foundational summers spent fighting wildland fire in Central Idaho…part one of three.
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A Gonzo New Year’s Resolution
I don’t know if he ever made a New Year’s resolution, but the good doctor, Hunter S. Thompson, did switch from Wild Turkey to Chivas Regal.
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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Family?
We all lose sight of who we are at times. Your childhood friends are legends on maps for finding yourself.
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Covid for Christmas
It’s a call you never want to get. I was into my second Chivas at my virtual birthday party with
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What I Learned in 2020, the Most Gonzo Year on Record
Turns out being unemployed for almost all of 2020 might have been the best thing for me. I’ve never known myself better.
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What Pain am I Willing to Sustain?
Living a good life requires little more than selecting what pain we’re willing to sustain and suffering on our terms, not life’s.
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Writing as Religion and the Incomparable Work Ethic of J.D. Salinger
Rebel in the Rye indicates that J.D. Salinger’s incomparable work ethic was simply a fanatical religious exorcise, but it worked for him, so why not me?
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Mark Manson Simplifies Life by Giving Fewer Fucks
“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck” by Mark Manson will help you determine the things worthy of the limited fucks you have to give.
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Explaining the Irrationality of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorists
COVID-19 conspiracy theorists are resisting the very same thing racist opponents of the BlackLivesMatter movement are resisting: change.
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What’s My Age Again?
The loss of things I took for granted has me questioning the consequentiality of those very things and reinvesting my time elsewhere. What’s my age again?
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The New Abnormal: Writing Regularly, Rage Be Damned
I certainly need this more than you do, but I hope what’s good for me ends up being good for you, too. This is The New Abnormal.
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