The enemies we make define us. Very often, our enemy is a mirror reflection of ourselves. Hitler saw a lot of himself in Stalin, who he was facing in a continental battle. It is best to have no enemies or to work around them. Make friends where you can, and seek allies in unlikely places. […]

I downloaded a free, illegal .PDF copy of William Gibson’s Neuromancer after I wrote my blog article “Slow to Change.” I read several pages. I liked it, but it’s too smart. There’s a lot of smart readers out there, but not enough to make one really rich. William Gibson is a fucking genius. He’s way […]

It takes a while to get a girl to do what you want. That’s inevitable. Most of the men she’s been with have been betas who tolerate all of their bad habits. She’s unwilling and unable to change for a man, generally. Lacking introspection (as a female), she cannot see into herself and spy out […]

I was just reading an interview of William Gibson done in the 1980s shortly after his immediate success with Neuromancer. And I was thinking of my ex-friend Chris, who packed it in on his writing and gave up to continue his computer science career. And I was thinking of 80s Metal Man, the online pseudonym […]