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Temptations

I find that the best way to overcome a destructive temptation is to stare it in the face, which is usually by the barcode if it’s an object. Some people find this approach crazy, even tortuous. They’d rather throw away the carrot*—the Blackberry, the chocolate, the pornography—than throw on the chastity belt and sleep with [...]

Scythe

I like to take walks at night through the backroads. I take my iPod and play some song I’ve heard a million times before, there are no surprises in the chords anymore, and that’s okay: it’s just the elevator music. I confess I sing out loud, almost involuntarily and without recourse, because there’s nobody else [...]

N-Ball

So many people spend so much of their energy trying to be perfect. It’s a fruitless goal. For one thing, perfect people are hated way more than imperfect people. If people don’t like you, odds are that it’s because you’re striving for perfection rather than lacking it—and in your pursuit, you’re systematically weeding out all [...]

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