Get Weird
An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am...
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Bill Magill
Aug 93 min read
Take a Good Sniff!
An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “Smells are the fallen angels of the senses.” Helen Keller Then US 50 runs...
Bill Magill
Apr 73 min read
Beyond Marriage
An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “The secret to happiness, Billy Boy? Marry well.” - Mike Sottak I moved...
Bill Magill
Feb 263 min read
Sabbatical
An audio version of this essay is available on Substack here . “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” -...
bill3637
Jan 162 min read
Rolling With Radical Uncertainty
To listen to an audio version of this essay, click here. "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau...
bill3637
Jan 162 min read
3 New Books From the Mind of Magill
I finished 2023 in a harried frenzy to get 3 new (kinda) books into the world. I am as committed to deadlines as I am distracted at...
bill3637
Nov 26, 20234 min read
August Experiment: Your Sailing Adventure
This is #8 of 12 experiments for the year, offered to get you inspired, thinking creatively, and organized in the pursuit of bold life ...
bill3637
Feb 7, 20234 min read
February Experiment: Your Eulogy, First Draft
Suggested Song: That Was Me, Paul McCartney Suggested Drink: Guinness Extra Stout (The Irish have mastered a good sendoff) This is the...
bill3637
Jan 15, 20235 min read
January Experiment: The Wheel of Life
Suggested Song: Find Yourself, Brad Paisley Suggested Drink: Virgin Mojito (staying in theme with my dryish January) With this year’s...
bill3637
Nov 30, 20225 min read
Thanks Giving
Suggested Song: I Thank You, Sam & Dave (See ZZ Top’s amazing live rendition, 2011) Suggested Drink: Your favorite herbal tea. (Pure joy...
bill3637
Oct 29, 20223 min read
Brand New You
Suggested Song: Changes, David Bowie Suggested Drink: Shapeshifter cocktail: vodka, crème de violette, lemon juice, bitters, egg white. I...
bill3637
Jul 31, 20224 min read
The Case for Blissful Obliviousness
Suggested Song: All Day and All of the Night, The Kinks. Suggested Drink: Negroni Sbagliato: Prosecco, Campari, Sweet Vermouth. Ignorance...
bill3637
Jun 11, 20213 min read
Coming Out. It Starts With Yourself.
Suggested song: The Real Me. The Who. Suggested drink: Curtain Call cocktail. Rum, champagne, lemon juice, simple syrup, bitters. Honesty...
bill3637
May 12, 20215 min read
The Post-Corona Blues
Suggested Song: Virus, Björk Suggested Drink: Strawberry gin and tonic. Strawberries, gin, tonic water, bitters, lime. It’s mid-May and...
bill3637
Mar 18, 202017 min read
Dispatches from a Pandemic
Play this Song: This is the End , The Doors Make this Drink: Negroni (to my friends suffering in Italy): Campari, vermouth, gin. Now...
bill3637
Dec 20, 20193 min read
Letting Go
Suggested Song: Let It Be, The Beatles. Suggested Drink: Champagne, your choice (it’s almost New Years!) A brief aside Few cities are...
bill3637
Sep 14, 20193 min read
The Masturbation Ultimation
Suggest song: Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol Suggested drink: Sex on the Beach cocktail. Vodka, peach schnapps, crème de cassis, orange...
bill3637
May 27, 20194 min read
Science Skeptic and the Mystic Tarot
Suggested Song: Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In. The 5th Dimension Suggested Drink: Mystic Martini. Vodka, absinthe, olive brine, green...
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