seanessay.com Today’s “essay” involves pasting in my comments on Derek Siver’s blog piece from May 12 of My Life Was Changed by Four sentences in Four Books Many of Derek’s commenters spoke in generalities and book titles, while my inclination, when it comes to personal growth and challenges is to speak in specifics. Here’s the […]
My Life Was Changed By a Book
seanessay.com One of my favourite bloggers, Derek Sivers, did a piece on four books that changed his life. At the time, I could not clearly remember any, and in my comment I said so. Months later he send by mass email-out a URL for the same blog, and two others, and this time I had […]
No, I Don’t Do Now Pages
seanessay.com I realized the Web has led to many people joining the gig economy and being freelancers and touting themselves from their blog. Among publishers, since most books lose money, it is common to encourage their writers to have a “web platform” as in to already have readers, as in lessening the risk of publishing. […]
Remedy for Jealousy for Getting a Life
seanessay.com Continuing my late October blog theme of lifetime leisure: On the show Saturday Night Live a comedian scolded, “Get a life!” No doubt this was a twist on the slogan of the well rounded Ancient Greeks, “Not life, but a good life, is expected of every citizen.” Do trolls have a life? As you […]
Liking Alita the Angel, but not SJWs
seanessay.com Alita: Battle Angel is back in the cheap theatres! Hurray! I once felt moved to defend it from unkind social justice warriors. (SJWs) Here is my old post, condensed: Madeline wrote: “Moviegoers give this film 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, while critics give it 52%… Does anyone see the problem here?” I was on Youtube, […]
Have Social Skills, Will Travel
seanessay.com Derek Sivers’s blog has scores of comments for his recent Travelling Just for the People. (Instead for landmarks and tourist sights) A few of the commenters, no doubt representing many lurkers, lamented they don’t know how to meet the locals. “Not even in bars and cafes” says one, explaining he came from a more […]