I know Gilad Edelman wants us to stop calling tech bros tech bros, but I can’t…bro. Because this series is about tech bros.
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Tech bros don’t know how to live, prelude
This is a product review of on! brand nicotine pouches, 2 mg., citrus. Immediate: gums burning, taste and texture of sweet broken glass creeping down my throat. I moved the pouch several times in the first couple of minutes. Six minutes in…nausea, dizziness. I tried to both open my laptop to record this review in …
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Three tips for writers from survivors…#3
I’ll keep this short, lest I violate the survival and writing rule I’m inventing / I discovered / I’m reporting to you here. Tip #3: Man of action, man of action When Yossi Ghinsberg gets lost, alone, in the Amazon, he starts to flip out. Who wouldn’t? I flip out when I miss my exit …
Three Tips for Writers from Survivors…#2
As you know, I’m reading 12 survival books to get ready for my new show this year, the JR Pomerantz Survival Book Show. Speaking of great works of art to get excited about, have you read Deep Survival yet?! Incredible book, really makes a person reflect on all the stupid things they’ve done across their …
At what price, cleanliness?
A brief blog on bidets What’s the opposite of surviving? Thriving. Today I’m taking a short hiatus from my survival research project to revel in an artifact of civilization here in Jordan that some consider necessary. To survive or to thrive, I’m not sure. What am I blathering on about? A second toilet, that’s what. …
