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social art. my art is social.   essential, yet frequently ephemeral.   it banks on butterfly effects   and stitching perspectives   so we feel more connected   and less alone. the most treasured artifacts of my social art are found in the heartfelt notes i receive from the people whose lives...

I’m trying to workshop an idea for a new punctuation mark. I want it to serve as a shorthand form of social etiquette, a pre-excusing of an oncoming thought interjection that might otherwise be perceived as impulsive, improper, and/or off-putting. The symbol means, in essence, “right, good,...

I've hosted many hundreds of events over the last two decades. These are my key takeaways for how to design events that others enjoy and want to come back to, and how to not burn out in the process: structure/timingopen-invite style for maximum cross-pollination and ease of bringing...

This is a simple, nonexhaustive list of songs I've come across that felt fun/playful/resonant across specific themes in love, sex, and relationships. Enjoy! Oh, and please let me know if you have any song recommendations for these themes! I've been a bit reliant upon movies and Spotify's...

I just had a truly teriffic, edifying, and illuminating conversation with chatgpt 3.5. I'll note that my google search of the exact same thing produced far worse, and entirely useless, results.   Me "what's a good shorthand to use in my journal to denote specific items on my unsorted task...

  What follows is a brief collection of wisdom I've accrued from 30 years of taking care of people's pets across dozens of American cities. The pets primarily included cats, dogs, bunnies, and plants. For photos of some of the cuties, venture to my pet photography page. If you can think...

"What's something that feels like it should be illegal to know?" I've come across many horrors and subjected myself to innumerable traumas over my 12 years working in the dating industry. I've been assaulted, kidnapped, held at knifepoint, catfished, manipulated, and mugged...just to name a...

Dragon Psychology 101 - Revisionist HistoryAmerican Police - Throughline Rob - Heavyweight Penguins of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine - The Anthropocene Reviewed Helmet Insights - Akimbo The Lover - Imagined Life The Case of the Missing Hit - Reply All Worldviews and Framing with Elizabeth...

an ongoing tally: Tom Felton ••••••Bo Burnham ••••Aaron Carter •••Ryan Gosling •••Tim Minchin •••BJ Novack ••Gordon Ramsay ••Soren Bowie •King Joffrey •Sondre Lerche •Patrick Wilson •Hugh Laurie •Ewan McGregor •David Hemmings •Jason Mraz •Jesse McCartney •Doug Hehner •Richie Hawtin •John Cusack...

Have you heard that Whit Wolfe-Herd let out a grumble that her dating app Bumble regards meaningful relationships to be existential threats? "risk factors." When her users pair up her profits go down. This attention economy makes us all a commodity. So tonight I can't sleep because a thought...