Indispensable as Air
I Believe… [Boiled Egg]
...that, in terms of portability, nutrition, and flavor a boiled egg is perhaps the perfect breakfast item.
A Push from the Thin [A Reminder]
Dylan encouraged us (through his fog and haze of liquor) to 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light" and we interpret the light as our corporeal mortality.
I Believe… [Achilles Heel]
...that recognizing one’s Achilles heel is more about finding a compilation of weaknesses that manifest together than one tendon.
America is Not the Amityville Horror or Poltergeist House [4th of July Revisit]
The house that is the United States, if it were an actual house, has plenty of flakey hemoglobin on the grounds.
I Believe… [Jedi Haircut]
...that the moment a character uses a lightsaber to give herself a haircut was the pivot from cultural icon to Obi-Wan Fonzi jumping a tauntaun on a speeder bike.
DIVORCE: A Survivor's Guide: Part Two
The question in your mind is how to avoid this state of things. What can you do to stay in the union? What compromises must be made, what personal changes are required, to rebuild the trust and commitment to the lifelong promise?
I Believe… [Unsub]
...that I may need to date just so I can avoid the routine description of a serial killer ‘unsub’ on Criminal Minds—white male, lives alone, changes jobs frequently, antisocial. Eek.
DIVORCE: A Survivor's Guide: Part One
Thinking about a divorce? In the midst of one? It's all signed and done and now you're branded with a big red "D" for life? I got you, dawg. Read on.
I Believe… [In Mockery]
...that a more effective approach to shame is mockery.
I Believe…[Most Apples Are Tasty]
...that a few bad apples only spoil the barrel if you let them. Most of those apples are pretty good and tasty.
I Believe… [Pivot]
...that the secret to a successful day is the flexibility to pivot when things go sideways.
The Lack of Hope Is the Disease (Redux)
Oh, yeah? Another mass shooting? How terribly desensitized we’re becoming to this trend.
I Believe… [Laughing at Tragedy]
...that the purpose of the comedy mask is to be jeering and cracking up at the tragedy mask.
I Believe… [The Real Golden Rule]
...that treating people with the same respect you would like for yourself isn’t difficult as long as you don’t expect the same treatment in return.
I Believe… [Haircut Reboot]
...that a haircut is a low rent reboot of the self.
Is Seinfeld On to Something or Is He Just an Old Man Barking at the Kids in His Yard?
The thing Seinfeld seems to miss is that without those factions telling us all what to say and think, there is no need for the subversive comic.
[Redux] Body Shaming Confession
I have been guilty of body shaming, too.
I Believe… [Old Age]
...that old age as a concept has little to do with the slowing of the body and far more to do with the decay of curiosity.
Anti-War or Anti-Bored?
…most protests are performative cosplay, or mass meet-ups of the angry, the radical, the lonely or the misinformed.
I had a boy dog who peed like a girl dog. I now have a girl dog who pees like a boy dog. Gender is fluid. Just like pee.