Category Archives: Addiction

PHIL’S CRAZY COFFEE CONCOCTION

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/2739641/phil-mickelsons-morning-coffee-routine-is-a-goddamn-science-experiment?utm_content=buffer42171&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign=organic_social_twitter_BarstoolTweetss

After watching this, my friend, Scott Shadrach, said:

I’m playing Monday with my son,  Peter. I wonder if Phil’s coffee concoction will keep me from shanking, slicing, chunking, blading, and/or whiffing?  Oops, I forgot about topping, hooking, casting, swaying, or reverse pivoting. 

ADDICTION AND VIRTUE

I began this book on a few occasions, but abandoned it due to other pressing reading.  I’m glad I came back to it and read it in its entirety.
If you want to get a fresh (and ancient!) take on addiction, philosopher Kent Dunnington has produced the right book.  Using folks like Aristotle and Aquinas the author charts a fresh way to understand addictions.  He points to the ancient idea of habits as a way “beyond” models that hold to either disease or choice as the culprits.  
There is much food for thought in this taut and well-reasoned book.

ANTHONY BOURDAIN

I like food and I like folks who can carry a good conversation, so I liked watching Bourdain’s shows.  Our older son and I got to meet him years ago at Book People.  We had to wait for a few hours as we were at the back of the line.  We got to him after he signed autographs for hundreds.  He was present with our son, affable, and very kind.

A good interview with Bourdain.  HT: James K.A. Smith

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/anthony-bourdains-interview-with-david-remnick