Category Archives: Slowing Down

The kindle saved me money on a house

One of the best purchases I’ve made in the last year was my Kindle. As I’ve mentioned, I tend to buy too many books. And they sat in my house, crowding us out. Over the course of 2008, we got … Continue reading

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A lesson I’m learning

We’re getting ready to move these days and I’m learning a lesson I bet lots of people learn when they do this. That lesson is that I have a lot of shit. This shit I have, it’s not actually all … Continue reading

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Darwin, waiting

People sometimes give Charles Darwin a hard time about waiting 20 years to publish his theory of natural selection. I am strongly in favor of sitting at home and thinking about a new idea for a long while, especially an … Continue reading

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