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Forum: We launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

• Duncan thought this was the best year of his life–minus the death of his mother and having a ball chopped off
• Tragedy and Empathy
• The deadly sin of taking things for granted
• Tragedy tends to make people become nicer… or meaner
• Working out with Joe Rogan
• Duncan had me spitting a perfectly good beer
• Art as inspiration
• Not sure if Duncan really likes Justin Bieber or not
• Buddha and Bieber
• Duncan’s thoughts about death
• The parable of the arrow
• The net of Indra
• “I’m really not interested in right and wrong. I’m interested in what makes life better right now and what doesn’t.”
• Having more in common with people you share little with than with those with your same interests
• Duncan’s life plans