“During the whole of this interview Johnson talked to his Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous
Quotes
The seventeenth-century French writer La Bruyère said that he believed it might be possible, though he had never personally seen it, that a husband
Appreciation of rugged nature is a modern thing
The Highlands are considered beautiful today, but Johnson didn’t think so. Their appearance, he wrote, was “of matter incapable of form or usefulness, dismissed
People are the challenge in start ups
People go into startups thinking that the technical problems are the challenges. In practice, the technical stuff is easy, unless you’re incompetent or really
What alpha women want in bed
No surprises really, other than British Trader’s taste for being physically dominated in bed, a bit of a surprise given her alpha-female exterior. To
Good health, enough wealth so you don’t have to worry about money, and enough interesting work to not get bored. Something to do, something
link Dr. Samuel Johnson
preface to erotic novel Cape May by Chip Creek, The Club book, and classic The Life of Johnson
Still, we are imperfect creatures living in an uncertain world. If we make a prediction and it goes badly, we can never really be
Like any male who’s played it fast and loose with the safe-sex rules, I’d had my fair share of scares. I was on season
useless SF women. Feminism
Most women in the Bay Area are soft and weak, cosseted and naive despite their claims of worldliness, and generally full of shit. They