Zimbabwe: Great Place, Bad Government
22 CommentsOriginally published June 30th, 2008 Because I prefer to write content that will remain relevant for more than a few days, I don’t usually write about current affairs. We’re also…
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Next Stop, Baltics & Beyond
12 CommentsI’m heading out on my next overseas adventure early tomorrow morning. I’m going on an independent journey through the Baltics (Latvia, Estonia, Finland), over to St. Petersburg in Russia, and…
AONC Video Update: Manifesto Follow-Up
44 CommentsHello everyone, thank you for reading my manifesto on world domination. Here is the first-ever Art of Nonconformity video update! I should warn you first that this is good (I…
A Brief Guide to World Domination
1,926 CommentsDear Worldchangers, Greetings from Seattle, Washington. Today I present to you your own copy of the promised manifesto, modestly entitled A Brief Guide to World Domination. –>Click Here to Open…
The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth
27 CommentsMy nice university-sponsored health insurance is ending soon, so I thought it would be good to go in for a check-up. On Friday morning I headed down to the university…
The Artist in Each of Us
35 CommentsFirst of all, welcome to my new readers. Many of you are coming over from Zen Habits in response to a guest essay I published there yesterday. The essay is…
How To Run 26.2 Miles on the Open Sea
20 CommentsHi everyone… I had a bit of an adventure last week. My parents and little sister came to visit in Seattle, and we took a 7-night cruise to Alaska. A…
The United States of Arabia
7 CommentsI arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after trekking through Jordan and Israel. Flying on Gulf Air, I stopped off in Bahrain for six hours, where I persuaded the…
Lessons Learned in My First 90 Days of Writing
24 CommentsI realized recently that it’s been about 90 days since I started this web site and committed to the publishing schedule of three essays per week. I thought it would…
You Are Incredibly Rich
29 CommentsIf you’re reading this essay, I have some good news for you today: the odds are that you are very well-off in the financial sense. In fact, in case you’ve…
Giving Up the Lottery Fantasy
200 CommentsEver play the lottery? If you have, did you spend a few seconds thinking about what it would be like to win when you scratched off that ticket or selected…
Site Update: May 2008
7 CommentsLive from British Columbia This month’s Site Update takes place from the Amtrak Cascades train heading south to Seattle after a quick trip up to Vancouver, Canada. I had to…
Five Journeys to Cotonou, Benin
12 CommentsClick to enlarge photos. I went to Benin many times between 2003 and 2005—probably about five visits in total. Each time I went, I got more and more comfortable with…
How To Retire the Day After Tomorrow
26 CommentsFed up with work? Not enough time for the things you want to do? Here’s the answer: decide to retire! You don’t have to be 62 ½ years old, and…
Everyone Loves to Hate a Winner
20 CommentsPhoto credit: WordFreak I read an online article recently that listed eight annoying people you’ll meet in the typical Starbucks. My favorite, or actually my least favorite, is the guy…
