N. Likes, Author at My Dissolute Life

Getting in shape (or, “mania”)

In which I unleash my manic desire for women in service of my physical fitness.

An old, old friend sent me this. It made me cry.

In 2021, I aspire to write more.

A delicious visit from a very promising, very brief, part of my past. Here’s hoping she sticks around….

On Thanksgiving, I have much to be thankful for. But this post isn’t so much about those things.

I have a meditation practice. This morning, I revisited a slightly deeper part of that practice. To excellent effect.

I feel some – but only a little – empathy for Jeffrey Toobin.

I’m a morning person. For nearly ten years, I generally have risen before the sun. (For years before that, I[…]

It’s hard to feel bad for a sociopath, but the tiny violins are playing.

I can’t make much out. Her big, black, over-the-ear headphones obscure her brown (with blonde streaks) hair. Her light blue[…]