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JetBrains Sucks at Giving Surveys

Are you a programmer? You could win a free MacBook Pro by filling out the new JetBrains survey! That is, if you can make it through the thing without killing yourself.

Short Story, Despair, Fiction, Ubersite, Struggle, Long, Long Ago

Hour of Despair (a very short story)

Beads of sweat rolled down her face, stinging her eyes as she reached a dried, cracked and bleeding hand high above her to feel for a safe point to grasp.

Poem, Ubersite, Sobriety, Addiction, Struggle, Alcoholism

I wrote this 3 months before getting sober.

I wrote this poem about 3 months before I got sober, almost nine years ago. It's a window into the darkest moments of my life.

Sacrifice, Greatness, Struggle, Essays

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Sacrifice Begets Greatness

Everything that's truly beautiful and of value is born out of sacrifice. It separates the legendary heroes of the ages from the mediocre.