Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
dope themes if one is to go the wordpress route
One of the mysteries of the world is in this. I was in a little grocery store in New Orleans a few years ago talking to Abby, when a voice from around the aisle corner said: “Is that Mills Baker?”
It was my sixth grade teacher, whom I hadn’t seen in more than twenty years. I expressed shock —my appearance changes a lot... See more
Mills Bakersubstack.com
What are you like when you’re with yourself? I feel like when we write or teach or do public talks, a part of us lights up that’s perhaps more open and alive and positive than we otherwise are. You in particular seem to really ignite in the public sphere. When you're alone, is that energy still ignited in you? If not, how does it manifest?
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Jane Ratcliffe • The Warm Vanilla Pudding Hum Of Well Being: A Conversation with Liz Gilbert, Part II
In fact I have abandoned altogether that kind of pointless entry; instead I tell what some would call lies. “That’s simply not true,” the members of my family frequently tell me when they come up against my memory of a shared event. “The party was not for you, the spider was not a black widow, it wasn’t that way at all .” Very likely they are... See more
Joan Didion • On Keeping A Notebook
On Bullshit , philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt distinguishes bullshitting from lying, noting that liars are actually more similar to truth-tellers because both have a sensitivity to the truth that the bullshitter lacks.
Peter Limberg • Chillin’ With Goofies: A Spiritual Practice
For the better part of two years, I struggled to find something of value to give my paid subscribers. Did people really just want to read extra newsletters from me? Not really
Simon Owens • The State of This Newsletter
His answer was original and counterintuitive: To Schrödinger, the essence of our aliveness is not that we eat, drink, and bonk.