Tag Archives: Site Philosophy

Quote – Ray Bradbury

June 7, 2012 | 3 Comments

I believe this sentiment reflects my worldview quite well: “I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing … Action is hope. At the end of each day, when you’ve done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I’ll be damned, I did this today. It doesn’t matter how good it [...]

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The Food Writer’s Dilemma

April 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

There has been much hand-wringing of late about the state of food writing. Amanda Hesser gave stark advice for future and current food writers. John Birdsall gave his own perspective on the industry. Adam Roberts talked about whether or not food blogging is over. All of this self introspection is navel gazing at best, because [...]

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Assertions, Facts, Opinions, and Fallacies

April 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Communication is a weird beast, an act we rarely consider.  We speak, someone else listens, they respond – it’s a cycle in which we pass on and receive ideas, play with them for a second or so, and then either dismiss them, or let them become part of ourselves.  The way this is done is [...]

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We Get Letters v. 38: Writing Recommendations

April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments

Emily writes in: have been a casual reader of your blog for a couple of years now. I wouldn’t call myself a foodie, or a big drinker, but what keeps me reading your blog is your writing style. Yours is the best-written blog that I’ve come across. Your posts are always engaging, even if I’m [...]

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Writing From Authority – Power Dynamics and the Roles of Writer and Reader

March 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

  I find it coincidental that yesterday, Adam Roberts asked the question “are food blogs over?”, during the same time I’ve been trying to figure out the role of the individual blogger and their relationships with their readers. The two points are intertwined, in my point of view, as there seems to be something of [...]

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Accidental Hedonist’s Mission Statement

March 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

I talked recently about Mission Statements, and promised to craft one for the site. The goal is to have a starting point on where I believe Accidental Hedonist fits both in my own life, as well as in the blogosphere as a whole. The problem is that I’ve been playing with a few ideas in [...]

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The Power of “I Don’t Know”

March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

I don’t believe I’ve ever felt more empowered as to when I’ve admitted to myself and others that I don’t know a damn thing about any given topic. This isn’t to say that I don’t know “stuff”. I do. I know quite a bit, frankly, and my jobs require that I know a lot about [...]

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My Own, Personal, Mission Statement

March 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

(WARNING: Major woo-woo, new-agey alert. Proceed with caution). I am not a religious person. A while ago, when I was searching for spiritual answers, the closest religion I found that I came close to even tolerating was a religion called Thelema, which is sort of a cross between the Kabbalah, Yoga, and Dungeons and Dragons. [...]

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Accidental Hedonist Ethical Guidelines

November 17, 2005 | 4 Comments

This post is probably several months late, but when it comes to the below, better late than never –at least I hope. For those of you who have regularly visited Accidental Hedonist over the past year or so, have come to know that I have regularly struggled with the appearance of bias in regard to [...]

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Review Policy and Guidelines

May 6, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hmmm… It seems as if that several PR companies have asked me to review stuff of late. So much so, that I think it’s in my best interest that I lay out review Policies. From here on out, these will be the guidlines that PR companies will have to adhere to in order for me [...]

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Whither Hedonism?

January 8, 2004 | 2 Comments

Okay, okay… I can hear what your asking. Why Hedonism? Well, in order to answer correctly, we need to understand that hedonism isn’t the belief that we should have sex with everyone. Not only would that be impractical, but a tad tiring as well. Hedonism, according to Merriam-Webster, is simply “the doctrine that pleasure or [...]

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