I give up. I can’t tell my kids not to go to college. I have tried all the usual statistics: A) student loan debt you’ll never be able to pay back. B…
I give up. I can’t tell my kids not to go to college. I have tried all the usual statistics: A) student loan debt you’ll never be able to pay back. B ) for the first time ever, greater than 50% of the unemployed have college degrees. So that whole myth of “you can’t get […]
The woman sitting behind me on the train kept saying into her phone, “He was obsessed with talking about my vagina. Is that weird?” I was trying to listen to her conversation.…
The woman sitting behind me on the train kept saying into her phone, “He was obsessed with talking about my vagina. Is that weird?” I was trying to listen to her conversation. But now her voice was lower. “Should I feel guilty about what I did?” she was saying. I really wanted to know what […]
I want to put on Google Glasses, stare at the sun until I go blind, and have a Google Hangout with all my friends at the same time while the sun burns…
I want to put on Google Glasses, stare at the sun until I go blind, and have a Google Hangout with all my friends at the same time while the sun burns my vision away. Everyone will see what I will be seeing (or not seeing. Because of going blind) because of the Google Glasses. […]
WHEN I HIT BOTTOM Corey Mays @coreyisamaysing: What was one of the most important things you learned from failing at a start up? Answer: I called my parents to borrow a few…
WHEN I HIT BOTTOM Corey Mays @coreyisamaysing: What was one of the most important things you learned from failing at a start up? Answer: I called my parents to borrow a few hundred dollars. Two years earlier I had $15 milllion cash in the bank. Now I had $0 in the bank. ZERO. I had […]
[Some expanded answers from my regular Thursday Twitter Q&A session] HOW TO DEAL WITH BURNOUT? Lemuel Goltiao @suburbandude: Any advice for someone who’s experiencing burnout? Answer: I have to confess something. I…
[Some expanded answers from my regular Thursday Twitter Q&A session] HOW TO DEAL WITH BURNOUT? Lemuel Goltiao @suburbandude: Any advice for someone who’s experiencing burnout? Answer: I have to confess something. I am feeling a little bit of burnout. I’ve been doing this blog for a little more than two years. I probably write, on […]
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF GETTING OLDER? Kevin Koskella @kevinkoskella: James, how do you deal with the stress of getting older and the feeling that the years are flying…
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF GETTING OLDER? Kevin Koskella @kevinkoskella: James, how do you deal with the stress of getting older and the feeling that the years are flying by? ANSWER: Aging, decay, death, is a horrible part of life. And it happens to every atom, cell, molecule, animal, human. But it’s […]
I feel bad. I feel like a sucker. Like one by one I fell for every lie. I talk about “don’t do this”, “don’t do that”, and yet I fell for all…
I feel bad. I feel like a sucker. Like one by one I fell for every lie. I talk about “don’t do this”, “don’t do that”, and yet I fell for all of them. I’ve been in everything from a cult to the cult of homeownership, the cult of college, the cult of sex, the […]
