The Professional

— Steven Pressfield, from Turning Pro, page 90

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In my mid-20s — half an age (mine) and still nearly nil on maturity ago — I noticed a thing that at the time was

The highest work of the imagination is to have eyes like that. Buechner

Five weeks ago I gave six-weeks notice at the business journal. It came about five weeks in on the largest weekly increases in initial unemployment

A totally unscientific survey — texted my brother-in-law on the other coast — shows [my] fears of the death of the ice cream cone have

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” is like cram, the bread the dwarves eat for weeks as they explore The Lonely Mountain — and for much longer

The common phrasing phor life today offers one and sundry the common counsel, Live, Laugh, Love. Jesus responds — preempts if you prefer it precise —

Bear no malice nor ill-will to any man living, for either the man is good, or naught: if he be good, and I hate him,

Alpha and Omega 1:1 In the beginning were the words. The words were the poet’s, and later the priest’s. And the words the

Want to know when you can be sure the economy is in the turlet? It’s when even Walmart’s not hiring. According to this item, the

Premise: If a story, then a storyteller. Premise: A story. Conclusion: A storyteller.

Then a student came up to Him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to get an A?” And the Teacher said, “Now you want to

We like lists. Here’s one. Love is a song Love is the greatest song Love is integral Love is alive Love is gospel Love is