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My Nights as a Club DJ in Prague in the 90s

My Nights as a Club DJ in Prague in the 90s

The night the avant-garde German theater group performed at the Roxy Klub in Prague between the sets I was DJing, I knew it would get weird. When the troupe lit an explosive, and it went off in the center of the dance floor, it caused several chunks of the plaster...

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A Devastating Fire Took My Childhood Overnight

A Devastating Fire Took My Childhood Overnight

The fire that eradicated most of what I owned when I was 15 years old was emancipation from things. I became a Minimalist with one spark of a flame. But that October day still smells burnt in my memories. It was the day my childhood ended. Walking through the...

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Tedium - The Ghost of Bertha and the Elephant Girl

Tedium - The Ghost of Bertha and the Elephant Girl

Jarette drove through Sacramento quickly. He wanted to get away from the congestion, the stress, and the thickness of urban traffic. The smell of heat rose around him as morning put on her afternoon dress. He listened to no music, just the whir of the wind. The window...

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The beauty of loss is the space to create something new.

The beauty of loss is the space to create something new.

Every loss is an opportunity to try again. Every failure is a chance to learn. Every time you don't succeed is a magnificent time to rethink what you want, why you want it, then go for that goal with a fresh outlook. I've failed a lot. As in fallen-on-my-face...

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You’ll never know until you walk through the door.

You’ll never know until you walk through the door.

There are many people who want to write a book, start a business, or release an album but few people do it. You may not know what to do. You're scared. You don't want to fail. Putting yourself out there is a risk. I understand. You have to step into the unknown to be...

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Seven Breaths — A Simple Way to Begin Meditating

Seven Breaths — A Simple Way to Begin Meditating

When you think of meditation what do you think of? * Is it someone sitting alone on a mountaintop with their eyes closed? * Is it a group of people sitting in a room on pillows saying, “Oooommm”? * Do the people meditating have robes on? * Are they bald or do they...

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There is a lot of happiness to be found in being ridiculous.

There is a lot of happiness to be found in being ridiculous.

Being ridiculous and silly is essential to living well! Follow me, Dr. Bronson, over the Rusty Rainbow Bridge in Crescent Park here in New Orleans to a land of complete absurdity. Today, I recommend that you laugh a lot, take things less seriously, and act like a...

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