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29 Aug 2026 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We are awakened again at what seems like a ridiculously early hour, to begin the next leg of our journey. This is actually not so bad as it turns out, because some unexpected sights await down in the kitchen. Though Tyler is not accompanying us on t...
28 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments rah
When I was about 14 years old, a friend of mine introduced me to the author David Eddings and I read Pawn of Prophecy the opening volume of the epic that is known as The Belgariad. Over the years since then, I have frequently revisited it and it is g...
16 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
In March 2026, it was announced that book retailer Barnes & Noble would open a new location at the Lutherville Station Shopping Center. With over 600 stores in every US state, this new location would become the twelfth location in Maryland. One of th...
23 Jul 2026 1 minute read 1 comment TAS OFFICIAL
💎 True creativity doesn't come from pressure, rewards, or recognition—it comes from doing work that is deeply satisfying and personally challenging. ⭐ In this inspiring quote, Harvard Professor Teresa Amabile reminds us that intrinsic motivat...
9 Jul 2026 4 minute read 1 comment Bhatt_G
As you all know that Jeff Bezos is the owner of Amazon. When he started his online business, it was also an online bookstore, and in that, he used to sell only books to people. But now Amazon has started selling everything, and in this way, many such...
3 Jul 2026 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Rolling up to the DMV cabin on the far side of Mansfield, I’m already aware that there’s a nasty old crone working here, known far and wide as a real ball buster. She has an impeccable reputation for failing pretty much everyone, for any reason at a...
3 Jul 2026 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
A mindset you employ as a kid but learn, through trial and error, to completely dispense with in your adult years is knowing there is absolutely no chance of something working out favorably, but crouching in a silent paralysis as events unfold...
11 Jun 2026 9 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aiRpZfM-oDHeT-7m SPIEF 2026 and the trap of the "Right Path": a lesson from Dune for the Russian economy. A stimulus-driven economy: how long will this spurt last? At the St. Petersburg Internat...
7 Jun 2026 13 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ah6-TD3UbHoYV6Vd The price of "greatness": how military spending robs a country of its future. Fifty trillion dollars and the lost future of the country. This story is about how the state has ea...
7 Jun 2026 5 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/ah9HqchSU3_ufUWt The country that was eaten by zeros: the story of a missed future. The Tale of the Eaten Future: A Grotesque tale of Economics and Power. Here is an attempt to translate the dry figures of ma...
