Posts by James Newcomb

One of the things I like to do with my podcasts is make reference to having “three listeners”. It’s kind of fun to say, even though I know that there are of course more than 3 people who download each episode just by looking at the stats. I got this idea from a conservative radio…

I published a brand new episode of the Energeia.LIVE podcast this morning, and it talks about FREEEDDDOOOOOMMMMMMM! My guest is Laura Davidson, author of a new book titled The Logic of Freedom: Free Will, Human Nature, and the Rational Argument for a Genuinely Free World. This book is not something I would read to my 10 year…

I just read an interesting email from an online marketer I subscribe to. He was talking about the illusion of constantly working on one’s business, or job, or what have you. One of the people this person mentioned who preaches the need to work constantly is Gary Vaynerchuk. If you’re not familiar with “GaryVee” he’s…

When Sana and I lived in Vietnam, we lived in a community called “EcoPark.” Beautiful place, and we both loved it. The apartment building we lived in was one of four massive towers called Westbay, and as there’s probably around 1000 residents of each 30 story building, you can imagine the elevators are a pretty…

What if all this time what we thought of as “success” is really a massive failure? What if each failure contributed to overall success? Success and failure can be a bit deceiving when viewed on the surface. Kind of like the tip of the iceberg looks friendly enough – maybe even a bit beautiful when…

A few years back, 2021 I believe, while I was living in Vietnam with Sana, I met some of her coworkers for lunch at the nearby mall. We had “hot pot” (think boiling soup in front of you while you cook meat and veggies yourself) and all in all it was a great time. After…

I made a new years resolution to send an email to my list every single day of 2024. I make the same new years resolution every single year. And fall well short of it every time. Guess I should just give up, buy myself a bottle of Jack and binge watch Friends on Netflix. I’ve…

One of my all-time favorite musical albums is Steven Wilson’s Hand. Cannot. Erase. Wilson’s music is what you would call “progressive rock”, which essentially means rock in mixed meters when you get right down to it. The storyline of the album is loosely based on the tragic story of a young woman named Joyce Vincent…

That’s what I order anytime I go to Wendy’s. Now they have the $5 Biggie Bag, so now I’m able to get fries and a Coke with my double stack if I want. It’s interesting how these fast food restaurants create all these elaborate concoctions with their burgers, salads and what not. But what people…