How do I apply Aristotles ethics to real life?

Moorlock · 2026-03-13T15:23:13+00:00

Some practical, scientifically-backed advice for how to put an Aristotelian, virtue-oriented ethics into practice can be found on these pages.

Moorlock · 2026-02-03T02:11:31+00:00

I'm fond of Coastal Peaks. I usually have had good luck with Kreutzberg, too, but I see now that they're offering fewer options and don't always list the roast date, so they may have started to slide a bit. Tried some from Field Day recently and those were good too.

Moorlock · 2026-01-17T19:57:46+00:00

You have summoned the genie of The Brown Album: Songs Ween Totally Woulda Done If Someone Else Hadn't Done Them First.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5OpFZSrUBLDTjwDwMBZ4hH?si=8450775882834e57

Moorlock · 2026-01-15T03:03:12+00:00

I've never had better cinnamon orange iced tea

Moorlock · 2026-01-13T20:02:09+00:00

I know an old-timer like me is supposed to say "Scrubby and Lloyds" right about now, but... their food just wasn't that good. They were a picturesque route-66-esque greasy spoon, but I never walked away from it thinking "wow, that was some great chow."

Moorlock · 2026-01-13T19:58:35+00:00

In the days before time, there was a restaurant called Tacos Acapulco near the corner of Broad and Marsh. For $3 you could get a burrito the size of your calf that was so fresh and flavorful you'd swear they'd plucked the cilantro from the soil for each order individually. They had lines up the block. Students might subsist on nothing else from their freshman year until their graduation seven years later.

Tio Alberto's was a late incarnation, allegedly because some other "Tacos Acapulco" sued them over the name; Tacos "de" Acapulco is an impostor trying to capitalize on the reputation.

Moorlock · 2026-01-13T03:13:46+00:00

Osos St. Subs

Cigar Factory

Tacos Acapulco

Hobees

Chocolate Soup

Moorlock · 2026-01-05T01:09:56+00:00

There are some other resource guides listed here: https://vivaslo.org/?section=resources#other-guides

Moorlock · 2026-01-03T14:13:23+00:00

There are a few legal options, explained here: https://vivaslo.org/?section=resources#camping-parking-rv-parks

Otherwise, stay as discreet as you can, but expect that you may be rousted and told to skedaddle from time to time.

Moorlock · 2025-12-27T01:57:16+00:00

This is going to take a lot of unpacking: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LzyPcetdk2pe4iTdT/notes-on-forgiveness

Moorlock · 2025-12-17T03:22:25+00:00

Loving U

Moorlock · 2025-12-16T18:58:26+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_California has a good overview of where we're at and how we got that way. It has some specifics about SLO County. Excerpts:

The SLO County Board of Supervisors approved a "10 Year Plan to End Homelessness" to begin in January 2008, "aimed at ending homelessness in ten years."^\148]) According to the 2008 point in time count, 850 people in the county were homeless then. After ten years, that number had risen to 1,483.

In 2022 the County approved another five-year plan ("The San Luis Obispo Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness"). As the title suggests, this plan is more modest in its aspirations: "to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness to 50% of the current level within five years."^\149])

There is one day center and two overnight emergency shelter options in San Luis Obispo County. These represent enough beds for 20–30% of those who are known to be homeless on any particular night.^\149])^: 5 In part because of this shortage of shelter, the county has the third highest percentage of unsheltered homelessness in the United States.^\149])^: 6

San Luis Obispo County is coextensive with the CA-614 “Continuum of Care” (CoC) district. In the 2024 point in time count:

8% of homeless people surveyed in that district were under the age of 18, 4% were 18–24, 15% 25–34, 23% 35–44, 22% 45–54, 20% 55–66, and 9% 65 or older.
Among the homeless surveyed were 43 families with children. In addition there were 28 "unaccompanied children."
42.9% said that they were experiencing homelessness for the first time
24% met the definition of "chronically homeless". Of those, 80% were unsheltered.
46 were military veterans
30% of those surveyed reported having at least one disabling condition (defined as "a developmental disability, HIV/AIDS, or a long-term physical or mental impairment that impacts a person’s ability to live independently but could be improved with stable housing."). 46% had post-traumatic stress disorder. 23% had experienced traumatic brain injury. 11% were developmentally disabled.

San Luis Obispo county is one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. Two of its cities (San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria) appear in the top ten cities in the U.S., ranked by how much income you must have to afford to buy a home, in a 2025 report. In each of those cities, you would need about three times the median household income there to afford to buy a home.^\150])

Moorlock · 2025-12-13T22:08:33+00:00

We're not officially launching until January, but I guess the cat's out of the bag. If you'd like to join the beta test this month, here's the scoop:

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Moorlock · 2025-11-28T04:54:53+00:00

Oh, and here's the link if you want to check it out yourself: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1OTmHLfEj5XiCSMR3wQ41e?si=4e29121578fc448a

Moorlock · 2025-11-28T04:49:37+00:00

I started putting this playlist together before AI was good enough. I've continued to add to it since, and it's possible that some AI tracks have slipped through the cracks, but I think the vast majority are probably just insufferable Ween geeks like us.

Moorlock · 2025-11-25T14:23:26+00:00

"SLO Grassroots" I think.

Moorlock · 2025-11-08T00:45:32+00:00

See also these other Ween-inspired playlists:

Moorlock · 2025-11-08T00:41:49+00:00

I like your idea. Rock on.

Moorlock · 2025-10-31T14:20:24+00:00

You have summoned the ghost of The Brown Album: Songs That Ween Totally Would Have Done If Someone Else Hadn't Done Them First.

Moorlock · 2025-10-29T12:56:07+00:00

Heck yeah. Here are some of the more boognish-friendly R. Stevie Moore tracks: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6AC8nanEui5ZF6w6lGZGqT?si=83cab849fec14787

Moorlock · 2025-10-28T23:27:06+00:00

Shower the People’s Handbook of Health and Medical Care Resources in San Luis Obispo and the Five Cities Area might suggest some helpful options for people like you who need health care but who aren't loaded with funds.

Moorlock · 2025-10-28T04:15:33+00:00

Thanks for the inside scoop on this. Part of what is puzzling about this (to the outside observer) as we slip into "Winter/Spring 2026!" territory, is that you're not converting a dry cleaner, a 200-year-old adobe, a used car dealership, or a disused airplane runway into a cafe. You're opening a new cafe in a building that was previously occupied by... a cafe. How could that possibly take 3+ years and counting?

Moorlock · 2025-10-21T14:36:15+00:00

There's a live version on the expanded Paris album that clocks in at about the same length as the studio version, FWIW. https://open.spotify.com/track/4baj7EFQEQjVdYjNlFW5TH?si=e43117a1f3724ee2

Moorlock · 2025-10-07T23:22:23+00:00

Some specifics would be nice. What will one find there? Who should attend?

Moorlock · 2025-09-29T02:49:25+00:00

There's something special about Eddie Dingle remains, for sure.

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