Things Heavy Metal Taught Me About Life
I can no longer remember the first heavy metal song I ever listened to, but I assume it was something by Metallica. I can tell you the first album I fell in love with: Brave New World by Iron Maiden.
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This is Literally The Least You Can Do (But It Means A Lot)
I feel like every few weeks I am surprised when I pass by the Bastrop County Courthouse on my way to my office at the bookstore. First, I start seeing the little bunches of campaign signs. Then I see
āThe Reading List: October 2026
It was a pretty exhausting but beautiful October. I flew to London on the redeye from Austin, gave a talk, flew to LAX, drove to San Diego, gave a talk, flew to Sacramento to see my grandmother and
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āWeāre coming for the books.ā I guess we can appreciate the Lieutenant Governor of Texas saying the quiet part out loud, but if you were one of the people who thought this whole ābanned booksā thing
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Iād put in my hours. 482 weeks. 3,379 days. Thatās how long Iād been studying the Stoics when I sat down to write the Daily Stoic. I was 29 years old and I knew enough to write a couple-hundred-page