...that channeling outrage to actually accomplishing something to pragmatically address said outrage requires an avoidance of the expectations of the crowd.

...that it isn’t secrets that destroy trust. It is the discovery of the secrets that destroys it and, once you’re known to keep secrets, no one will ever truly trust you fully again.

...that with the obvious cesspool of misinformation swirling around the toilet bowl of the conflict in the Middle East on various social media platforms validates my choice to abandon them all despite making it more difficult to market and sell a book.

...that there is a concrete feeling of romantic belonging when you walk the streets of the place you call home. Living with a foot in two worlds plants perspective on the future.

...that no pizza in the world compares to Chicago’s Pequod’s. Fight me.