It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you're being judged and you're not doing quite the perfect thing. You know, I was brought up very religiously, and I never totally lost that sense, you know, that I'm screwing up.
Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,… - Joel Achenbach
Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,…
- Joel Achenbach
Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so ominous. The weather i… - Joel Achenbach
Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so ominous. The weather i…
There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission. - Joel Achenbach
There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission.
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward… - Joel Achenbach
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward…
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct. - Joel Achenbach
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax rates. There can be s… - Joel Achenbach
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax rates. There can be s…
It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you… - Joel Achenbach
It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you…
Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life. - Joel Achenbach
Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life.
Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females but knew they'd never hap… - Joel Achenbach
Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females but knew they'd never hap…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion