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Volume Is The Best Magical Strategy
In August I came within a single day of being fired. If the CEO hadn’t been on holiday in Tuscany at the time I probably would have been out the door. (His first question to my boss when he came back to Hamburg was “why is Gordon still working for the company?”) And part of [...]
Updating Various Rants
A few things have come down the wires of late that speak to some of my pet rants. So here are a few weekend links to consume with your coffee. A rant-based link roundup. Why not? Let’s begin with my longest running whisky rant: That accidental ingestion of hallucinogens is the most likely trigger for [...]
What Riots Smell Like
It’s already kicked off up the road. I’m playing phone tree with various friends and loved ones, getting them to their respective destinations by feeding them updates found on twitter. Last night, a couple of hours after eventually nodding off over the sound of helicopters and sirens, I stirred to the smell of smoke. Unfamiliar [...]
In Defense Of City Spirits
Brother Chris is right, of course. Urban animism has been discussed before. To my mind at least, it feels like a really nineties thing to talk about. His post is nothing of the sort. It’s a thoughtful analysis of urban animism that covers what are probably the two most important notions to consider when discussing [...]
Review: Treasures of Heaven Exhibition at The British Museum
So how was your Saturday? My mother the psychonaut and I saw a piece of the True Cross, had some brunch, then pub-crawled down the Thames drinking Pimm’s and rosé. The head is a bit sore this morning, to be honest. In fact, I don’t think I’d get through the door of the exhibition today. [...]
Collect The Little Victories Along The Way
Collecting the little victories along the way is good advice for any reasonably complex goal, of course, because the universe has an irritating habit of actually making you earn anything worth having. However it’s especially important for the Big Things like coping with grief or recovering from addiction. Spiritual illumination? Definitely a Big Thing. And [...]
Review: Filthy Cities – Medieval London
Well, my particular forest is quite disgusting. To be honest, that’s one of the things I adore about it. Only a couple of places in the world have a continuous, multi-thousand-year history of dog-eat-dog hustle that can hold a candle to London’s particular mercantile chaos. London. The original, the template for that particular foul-smelling, winner-take-all [...]
DON’T Give To Japan: Weekend Reading
Told you I was feeling contrary. But the first two articles strike me as an excellent example of why magical target selection takes guts. Or, to borrow Jason’s terminology: “Emergency Magic”. Giving to Japan is like lighting a candle to pay your rent this month. Giving strategically to MSF is enchanting for wealth. Check it: [...]
Weekend Activities: Play “Where’s Jason?” And Get A Free Ebook
You may have heard the news elsewhere but the good Mr Miller has embarked on a little forced migration. His full note to readers is at the end of the post. Everyone is hereby ordered to amend their readers and blog rolls as appropriate. Also, here’s a little SEO tip for you fellow bloggers out [...]
Sunday Media For Your Brain
Blargh. News media in the UK is awful today. More pictures of that woman from outside Slough who is marrying her horse. Something about the world’s most incompetent terrorists in Sweden (which is saying something when you remember pants guy and the Saudi who exploded a bomb in his own ass). Nothing there to get [...]
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