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^ “There are metaphoric factors in our language — and habits of thought and usage we acquire largely through exposure and emulation — which predispose us to attempt to define ourselves in terms of ideas or situations which have nothing in common with our nature...

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They asked me how hot I wanted I wanted my chicken curry on a scale of 1 to 5. I said 4. The waitress looked at me with deep concern and said, “No, we make actual hot, you sure?” I stuck to my guns. A few minutes passed. I saw the staff gesturing towards...

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I’ve always had acrophobia, but today driving through Utah, I experienced something stranger… fear of +depth…