Can we talk about Netflix stock? It’s April and they just hit their all-time high, up a whopping +24% YTD against a very bearish market. That’s right, all the big tech stocks are down about -19% this year, and – are all down 19% this year, and Netflix is silently cruuuushing it!! The ‘Magnificent 7’Continue reading “Netflix is a paradox”
Category Archives: non-fiction
the open lightness of being
July 2024 – The open lightness of being, a shifting force of personality Here we go again with the super positions of my own destiny. After taking a few months off to find peace in writing, creativity, fitness, free association living, and the open lightness of being; I’ve decided to dedicate myself wholly into careerContinue reading “the open lightness of being”
Visions of Icarus
visions of Icarus, reflections on risk over stagnancy Something about that biggest of axial tilts and the longest of summer days that reminds you there’s a fleeting joy of flying close to the sun. Perhaps Icarus had the right idea, though his tale is so often told in foreboding shame. How dare you want toContinue reading “Visions of Icarus”
Cranking up the dread settings, IRL
Feb 2023 – Cranking Up the Dread Settings, IRL There is something magical that happens when I find myself truly immersed in a great open world video game. Particularly in fantasy games like The Witcher or Assassin’s Creed, where the details are so stunningly captivating and the story adventures so seducing. It is true escapism.Continue reading “Cranking up the dread settings, IRL”
“Don’t trespass on your future”
Oct 2022, “Don’t trespass on your future,” the de Castro’s You pause to reread. Then again. You begin to type a reply, then delete it, not wanting to seem dense, or like you’re just feigning comprehension. It’s a puzzling, if not esoteric, text from your boss. We’re entering turbulent times as a company, and you’veContinue reading ““Don’t trespass on your future”“
Sketching the dreams of past and future
Sept 2022 blog – September is always a month of magic, with the pages of a sun washed summer turning over and the sun soaked leaves turning red, all giving way to the howling winds. This is the season that reminds me most of my youth, football comes back on TV, school buses start toContinue reading “Sketching the dreams of past and future”
The Dog Days of 2021
The Dog Days of 2021, a hopeful blog rant from a jarring year, P.R. Carreo When the star Sirius pokes around the sun for the first time of the year, and is rising in the east at dawn. When August settles into her sultry heat, baking us into a faded polaroid of the previous month’sContinue reading “The Dog Days of 2021”
Stranger Solstices, 2021 Dublin Off-Lockdown
Stranger Solstices, 2021 Dublin Off-Lockdown, a blog Strongly beckoning was some plot to celebrate the upcoming summer solstice in a few days, in some way befitting of my time here in Dublin. I recall fondly that first year realizing that, despite the longer darker winter days, there was an upside in June here that wouldContinue reading “Stranger Solstices, 2021 Dublin Off-Lockdown “
Dishwashing and All That Jazz…
2021 March – You wait to choose your moment perfectly. The timing is critical around this dinner table. The excitement of your family gathering charges everyone up. The booze from happy hour intensifies the joy and the red-faced storytellers around the room. The energy carries over into a celebratory dinner, moments of raised wine glasses,Continue reading “Dishwashing and All That Jazz…”
The Octagon (an old blog)
2005 Spring – The Octagon, an old blog from a young me Part I. What brings you here I’ve heard it said that man’s salvation is in picking up God’s graces. And grace comes from art. And art does not come easily. Growing up, this was made clear to me by my father through theContinue reading “The Octagon (an old blog)”
Paul Carreo 