I think I can outline, separate, if you will, two distinct skills. The skill to be good at something, which I think might be more common than not, and the skill to be able to put yourself in a situation

It's my right to feel bad...and what?... Mental health is everything and I won't get tired of saying it. What a nuisance it is to have to tolerate, endure, put up with the always motivated, eternal and

As I said the other day, I am not very good at doing before and after progress images, because I never remember to take the "before" prior to starting the tear-down, or progress shots along the

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux takes on the claim that there is no such thing as truth and shows how that idea falls apart under its own weight. He answers listener questions on natural selection, envy of

Saying I love you is not enough, you have to know the other to make him understand. Grief doesn't start the day a relationship ends, it often starts earlier, when the bond was already broken inside even

Sunday is meant to be more of a rest day, but with Smallsteps 10th birthday party for her friends scheduled, it was all systems go. We keep these things pretty low-key when we can, but my wife had access

Singleness should not be romanticized or demonized. Because there are two types of singles: the one who is single building himself up, and the one who is single desperate, checking the phone to see who

Do we have anybody who can live their life all alone? I think that would be impossible unless such a person was never born in the first place! Let’s take, for example, the day someone is born. There are

Unfortunately, Puusti the Dog is a bit of a barker. He doesn't bark much when he is just with me, but especially when with my wife, he barks all the time, alerting her to every person that or dog that

My reflection today touches on one of the most popular topics of recent months. Yes, it will be about artificial intelligence, but it will approach the topic in a way that I believe is something everyone

Sometimes it feels like HOPE is slowly dying out as gloom and doom increasingly takes over the world.

​«A walk through the city—if it makes you happy, it is not a waste of time,» I told myself, turning away from the urban bustle. ​It was a path leading upward, winding between houses, a hospital, and garages.

Thoughts on re-inventing religion.

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might

Today I found myself thinking about one of the greatest “miracles” that exist. It’s something that happens all the time, everywhere. I’m talking about life. Not life as we live it—like the life we’re living

How Mr. Nobody Against Putin Captures the Psychological Shift in Russia’s Youth Heros doesn't wear capes all the time I’ve always held a deep interest in the Russian people—their resilience, their history,

My wife and I are going to a farewell gig tonight. The last concert is tomorrow, but it sold out, so they scheduled another, which we got tickets for, and then that sold out. So they scheduled a third

It is official. I'm a One-Percenter. Not financially. I got an SMS today that started off setting expectations. No discounts, no offers. And then followed up with: Just a High-Five. That was my reward.

I haven't been able to read much these days, and I feel bad always just writing, without thoroughly curating, so I thought I'd read posts, and correlate them to what I was thinking about writing, reflecting

You know, despite doing this Hive content creator thing for over nine years now, I am still incredibly terrible at taking the right photos of a process. I eat my food before I think of taking a picture