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I've been thinking a lot about the things that are stopping me. I have all these creative ideas that I never follow through on, even if I have faith in them as interesting ideas. Eventually I either lose faith in the idea/project or convince myself it is not worth pursuing (people won't like it, it's unoriginal etc). A fear of failure seems to be a fairly understandable reason for not wanting to try. It's easy to tell yourself things like, "I don't want to try in case I fail

First things first, let’s all admit farts are hilarious. Agreed? Then let’s move on. Why are farts funny? is a question I ask myself at least once a day. Sometimes more depending on what I’ve eaten. Up to now I’ve assumed farts being funny is just one of those things we as humans are supposed to accept, like when dropped pens disappear into non-existence and Piers Morgan goes another week uncastrated. But I’ve been reading a book that may have an answer. The Denial of Death

I was on YouTube the other day and somehow got into a Reggie Watts rabbit hole. For those who don’t know Reggie or his work (you poor things), he is a comedian known for bizarre improvised musical pieces. In the rabbit hole, I stumbled across one of his many fantastic appearances on Conan . I’ve seen all of his appearances before, but for some reason my YouTube habits consist of watching the same 200-or-so videos in a 6-12 month cycle. No, I don’t know why I do this. Yes, it