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I solved the puzzle from yesterday [https://www.madisontaskett.com/simple-complicated/], where the challenge was to remove a gold ring from an elaborate trap. When I put all my energy and attention into solving the puzzle, I got nowhere. I was trying so hard and feeling like that one
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There's a famous story of Christopher Columbus at a party with a bunch of nobleman assholes who were like, "Bro, even if you hadn't found the New World, someone else would have. You're not that special." And Columbus responded by ordering an
I'm staying with my sister this week and we both voted for different candidates. But no matter how things turn out, we're both going to be okay! Last week we decided to do three key things: 1. Not look up election results the night of the
> “A remark on the subject of Chopin's étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor: “Small-souled men, no matter how agile their fingers, should avoid it.” -Douglas Hofstadter I've always had enough feelings to drown a whale. I'm sometimes ashamed of being
Before I moved to Austin I had this recurring image in my head. I'm in a pitch black room, surrounded by the faint whiff of cigars and whiskey; I assume I'm in a private study. Directly in front of me stands a sharp-featured man in
> I'm gonna be the one who wins the big check at the end of the day. And even if I had, even if I’d won two million dollars, it wouldn’t have been enough. It never would have been enough. -Anon Gambling Addict No amount of
"This sounds weird, but I can't be alone right now," a new friend said. "I moved here in August and it's like the ground underneath my feet is always shaky. I don't know which of my new friends is going to
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Yo, you. Yes, you, reading this right now. Home dawg. (Uh, I promise never to call you that again, k?) Are you a perfectionist? I get the feeling that many of my readers are, and you might be one too. It's like... we get one life and we&
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Everyone needs a Tom in their life. I've been going on dates for the first time in a while, and it's been really difficult. I keep wanting to force things in a direction, any direction, just to relieve myself of the constant gripping terror of putting
Made you look? 😂 So here's the deal. I have a lot going on in my life right now and I'm really overwhelmed. It's all awesome stuff, but even good stress is still stress. I mentioned this to my therapist today and she said, what
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I've been gone for a month now. I've had more on my plate than I could handle, and I had to go. But I've been in an empty, dusty room without my words. "But what does it all mean?" a new friend
I was going to write a short heartwarming story about how when I was 19, I gave my first serious boyfriend a stuffed puffin I sewed from a pattern I created myself. And how 11 years later, we're still good friends and now his toddler plays with that