I rarely post twice per day anymore, let alone post something that is simply there to lead to another story elsewhere. But this piece by Tim Kreider entitled The ‘Busy’ Trap from The New York Times resonated with me so much — especially considering what I wrote in my post from earlier today — that

Whenever you hear the word “many” on its own, it can be seen as generally positive or negative. Having many options is generally good. Having many chores is generally not (more so if you’re not a fan of chores). But when you put the word “too” in front of “many”, there’s not nearly the amount

The following is a guest post by Patrick Rhone. Patrick is the author of several books, including enough and his most recent work, Minimal Mac: What We Believe In. I’ve long been a fan of his writing and podcast (which is on the same network as Mikes on Mics), and I was very excited when

To my fellow Canuckians, such as the ones who I’ve had the good fortune of connecting with better this year, including: Pat Dryburgh Chris Bowler Brooks Duncan Adam King James Shelley André Benrubi Rob Cottingham Alexandra Samuel Justin Watt Jim Henshaw …and the gang over at Dyscultured (of course) Happy Canada Day, eh! Photo credit:

After much discussion, both Mr. Schechter and I decided that for the sake of workflow and to allow us to be more nimble with the podcast, we are moving our release date of new episodes of Mikes on Mics to Fridays going forward. When we were contemplating how we’d handle the move, we decided that

Yesterday Brett Kelly unveiled a list of books that he suggests reading this summer, and while I’ve read a few of them I wound up adding a couple of them to a list of my own that I’ve been compiling. My reading has slowed in recent months due to my writing a book that I

The following is a guest post by Dave Morris. Dave is a storyteller, poet, improviser and musician based in Victoria, BC. He’s also a pal of mine. He’s one of the few people in my city that I can talk about what I do and he “gets” it. It’s hard to believe that we met

This past weekend my wife completed the Tough Mudder in Vancouver/Whistler. I’m incredibly proud of her for enduring what looked (and sounded) like an intense and challenging course, as well as all those who took it on and made it through. As a spectator, I saw folks of all ages, shapes and sizes tackle the