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Self-Helpless: A Misfit’s Guide
Precis.
Hi. I have written a book wherein I reveal secrets (mine, those of others) and also make admonishments regarding the human race. It is called Self-Helpless: A Misfit’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
It can be purchased. And read. Virtually. Courtesy of the fine fellows over at the Outpost 19.
A while back, I shared a representative sample:
Then came:
Now it’s a random footnote. But really it’s not a footnote. It’s really a sweeping disclaimer/mea culpa/apology. (What else could I write, etc.) (more…)
Self-Helpless: American Sutra #10.
Precis.
Hi. I have written a book wherein I reveal secrets (mine, those of others) and also make admonishments regarding the human race. It is called Self-Helpless: A Misfit’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
It can be purchased. And read. Virtually. Courtesy of the fine fellows over at the Outpost 19.
Last week, I shared American Sutra #9: Wherein High School’s Noble Truth Is Revealed.
This week, it’s #10. I wrote it five years ago. Alas, it still speaks to the current age. (more…)
Self-Helpless: American Sutra #9.
Please allow me to introduce myself.
Hi. I have written a book wherein I reveal secrets (mine, those of others) and also make admonishments regarding the human race. It is called Self-Helpless: A Misfit’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
It can be purchased. And read. Virtually. Courtesy of the fine fellows over at the Outpost 19.
In an effort to encourage you to purchase and read (virtually) said Guide, I will be slinging representative segments of it out at you in this space.
First up: some sutras! Each sutra consists of 13 13-word sentences. I have mad counting skillz. Here they are, on display.
Each sutra is followed with a suss. A suss is like a gloss, wherein I explain myself. And the world. To you.
[PS: Up above is a YouTube-clip-thing I did. As accompaniment. Because of the Internet. Which is a "thing" that makes things simultaneously more and less real all at once. Also it is a lingua franca. Therefore. Forgive me Father for I have sinned. Amen. Etc.]
So. Anyway. Here goes: (more…)
A Misfit’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Chapter 1 — In Defense of Solipsism
CHAPTER SYNOPSIS
[In which the Author establishes The Project and sticks up for his Self.]
EPIGRAPH
“I am not an American; I am the American.” — Mark Twain
FIRST SENTENCE
- “I spent the Fourth of July, 2001, on the Space Coast in Florida, feeling lucky to have friends who lived in a place with such an otherworldly name….”
LAST SENTENCE
- “This is my contribution to the world at large.”
NOTES
[Über-Note: If you haven’t already, please be sure to read the introduction to the hot mess you've stumbled upon here. You’ll be glad you did.]
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Okay. I must first address directly the nagging question that even my own still-small voice has posed from time to time: who am I to use this insignificant lived life of mine to try to express something universal, especially when the very idea of universality seems to have given way to an endless warren of self-absorbed networks and niches? (more…)
