Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sleep Is For The Weak

Posted on September 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

In my life I have often been reminded of the importance of sleep. As a high school student in the IB program, I was a bit careless about my sleeping habits, staying up far too late, wasting far too much … Continue reading →

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Never About The Real Thing

Posted on September 7, 2012 by nathanalbright

As a person who loves debate perhaps a bit more than is entirely healthy for me, I find that most debates and arguments are really proxy arguments for something else. Debates can only resolve issues on an intellectual level, at … Continue reading →

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Wanee Binwa Teedee

Posted on September 7, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the few words and expressions I know in Thai, and one I use often, is the phrase I transliterate as “wanee binwa teedee,” which means “it is a good day.” I sometimes use this phrase when I am … Continue reading →

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The Replacements

Posted on September 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

My favorite movie about football is probably The Replacements, a movie that looks at a less than glamorous part of football life, that of the scabs who cross picket lines so that fatcat wealthy owners can squeeze more money off … Continue reading →

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Slow Down To Control

Posted on September 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the widespread complaints of this age is that events are moving too fast to assimilate and understand, and that life and its events move too quickly to control. Most of this is simply hogwash. Even our much vaunted … Continue reading →

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Merit And Demerit

Posted on September 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the more ironic aspects of my life is that among a certain group of people I am thought of as a particularly legalistic sort of person. Now, while since childhood I have had a strong interest in moral … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Costs Of Austerity

Posted on September 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

Few people in these wicked times would deny that the dominant sentiment of our world’s elites is austerity toward the common people and a sense of insecurity about their own wealth and power in light of the seething hostility that … Continue reading →

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Popo Don’t You Lose My Number

Posted on September 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

So, today a random Royal Thai police officer showed up at Legacy looking for me and looking for my phone number as well as the phone number of the office. This is the third time that police officers have looked … Continue reading →

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Welcome To Wherever You Are

Posted on September 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

Wherever we are in life, we did not get there without a plan or a reason. Often, we may ascribe our difficulties and struggles in life purely to malign forces outside of our control, whether they be human conspiracies or … Continue reading →

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Promises Kept, Promises Broken

Posted on September 3, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today, while helping cover for a fellow teacher’s class, I had to deal with the question of the promises we make to ourselves. As the course is covering the book The Speed of Trust [1], and as trust has always … Continue reading →

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