Author: Andrew
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Man this book was strange. And really enjoyable. “Dream-like” is a great description of it. I was talking to Sadie about what I think it was “about” and in some ways I’ve sort of landed on that it doesn’t really seem to have a particular about-ness to it, other than being another story about the…
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Is Classical Liberalism for Losers
https://www.thefp.com/p/tyler-cowen-is-classical-liberalism-for-losers Excellent piece on classical liberalism and its long game and influence over moments in history that have long impacts, e.g. the US Constitution. I think I have many classical liberal tendencies, leaning left. I counsel patience, and investment in good ideas and in talent, not a quest for power per se. What is truly…
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Back Pain
Most days, I sit at my desk at home with bad posture. Over the last week, I’ve had painful lower back pain. The few days I ran, that seemed to help. Yesterday, I worked outside with dad all day shoveling, digging, skid-steering, etc. This seems to have fixed my back pain. It seems that work…
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Kids, 4/23/2025!
It’s great to have Pisgan back open after they closed the taproom during the Covid pandemic. I believe the new taproom was supposed to open late summer or early fall of 2024, but then Hurricane Helene significantly delayed that. This is a favorite spot here with our friends and the kids friends (friend’s kids). Last…
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Metaphysical Still Life
I discovered this image, and others, through my friend Ron’s newsletter. Giorgio Morandi was an early 20th century Italian painter, known for his sparse still lifes. Over the course of 40 years, he painted over 1000 pieces, largely of the same general subject matter, bottles on a table. The bulk of the bottle paintings are muted,…
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What I ate for Lunch Today
Remember when this was the most common complaint people had about social media? Something like, “no one cares what you ate for lunch today.” And then, one day, social media wasn’t that anymore.Instead, it devolved into threadbois and political psyops. Anyways, not what I came here to write about. For lunch today, I ate some…
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Real and Symbolic Power
In a recent group discussion at church, Pope Francis’s death came up. We seemed to agree, spoken and unspoken, that he was a good man. A different kind of pope. His papacy was one that restored and reordered the Catholic church. Perhaps the church catholic too. He emphasized those things which are commanded unto us…
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Live Not by Lies
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies One to read over, and over again.
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‘Cry More Libs’ is not a Strategy
https://www.thefp.com/p/rod-dreher-trump-enemies I’d read almost anything that’s self-critical of one’s own “party.” This should tell me what I need to know about my own ability (and responsibility) to do this. This was a striking paragraph:
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Reflections on Current Affairs
I have a tendency to over-consume and over-indulge on a subject without stopping and reflecting on why. Recently, I’ve been consuming lots of information on the Trump 2.0 tariffs and the potential fall (destruction?) of Pax Americana. In school as a kid, I didn’t pay much attention to the way things work. As an adult…