‘Are You a Satanist?’
2. I feel responsible. I feel that I must do something like Flanagan, or Tolstoy. Anything less is a waste of everyone’s time – both yours, and mine. If I think about it too much, there’s not even...
View Article2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000...
View ArticleMalheureusement, je suis aussi Charlie Hebdo
I really don’t want to do this, but you gotta put your money where your mouth is…
View ArticleGoodlife Rapes the Fitness Industry
1. ‘He who has suffered you to impose on him, knows you.’ – William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell It is time to dump the bucket. I worked in a couple of Goodlife gyms – and frequented another...
View ArticleFirst Blood: Goodlife Backs Down
“The cut worm forgives the plow.” – William Blake, Proverbs of Hell. I received an email today from Lance Williams, so-called ‘Head of Fitness’ at Goodlife gyms, Australia-wide. I met Williams when...
View ArticleHow to Get Out of your Personal Trainer’s Agreement with Goodlife
“The fox condemns the trap, not himself.” – William Blake, Proverbs of Hell. It’s been remarkably busy down here in the offices of Theme Park at Its Darkest the past few weeks, even though the entire...
View Article2015 in review
25000 readers in 2015! Thanks, folks! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Hannah Gadsby
I just wanted to write to tell you how much I enjoyed your show, ‘Nanette.’ You don’t see a lot of genuinely incendiary stuff anymore. Incendiary and vital. Your show is full of emotional...
View ArticleMeditation Killed My Motivation
Tim Ferriss once said that he had initially avoided meditation for fear it would bliss him out and diminish his drive. In my case, I fear that it’s true. Marcus Aurelius, and I’m pretty sure Osho...
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