Author: William Peynsaert
2816 Posts
Meeting a young writer in Bratislava
Stay a while, you’re beautiful :: A poetic corner of Bratislava
A hard day’s translating & communism in Slovakia
Political Confessions, Slovak Confessions
What do people in Bratislava do on a Friday?
Meeting Manuel and hearing about the teaching job with 23,000 applicants
History Confessions, Political Confessions
How Hitler could have won World War II :: The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat
The four social layers of Slovak society
How to deal with envy
Nine months without a drop of alcohol
What’s an accountability partner?
27. My year of self improvement :: The challenges of the ‘up by my boot straps path’
26. My year of self improvement :: My wife’s permission to not pay attention in church
25. My year of self improvement :: Trying not to force my favorite movies on my wife
24. My year of self-improvement :: If it ain’t raining we aren’t really training
23. My year of self-improvement :: Running is cheaper than therapy
22. My year of self improvement :: Running along rivers, suicidal writers, translating and patience with patients
21. My year of self improvement :: My addiction to documentaries
Authentic Confessions, Political Confessions
20. My year of self improvement :: Obama and narcissism
10. The ambush
9. Crucial part of the mating process :: Passing the high heel test
19. My year of self improvement :: Why you shouldn’t ask me about Albert Speer
18. My year of self improvement :: I like poker, but not in the ‘real’ world
8. We are not consumer zombies
17. My year of self improvement :: Right, it’s about time I cure myself of my worst disease, neediness!
7. Have you ever been experienced?
16. My year of self improvement :: In search of authenticity
6. Spooning with strangers makes for healthy blood flow
15. My year of self improvement :: Czeching out pretty girls, writing for 1 reader and Chuck Wendig’s anal fetish
5. Stretching the concept of platonic love way beyond its limits
14. My year of self improvement :: You can’t learn how to write from a book
4. An indecent proposal
13. My year of self improvement :: Facing selfishness
3. Too drunk not to want it and still too sober to do it
2. Sex as a sublimation for a chronic lack of achievement and success
12. My year of self improvement :: The first results
1. A curly long legged student and bitter sweet Bulgarian wine
My final non western non mainstream politically incorrect thoughts on the Paris attacks in five points
11. My year of self improvement :: Reading a book a day. But why?
10. My year of self improvement :: Help, I have too many obessions! Need to narrow it down.
9. My year of self improvement :: Decision, commitment, focus are three key ingredients
12 people killed over… a cartoon :: Is a desperate quest for significance behind this crime?
My best friend is my best enemy :: what is envy? And how do you deal with it?
8. My year of self improvement :: Beating suicide genes
Sex Confessions, Women Confessions
The Confessor 