When an Ex Reaches Out
I was contacted by an ex the other day via email. Not an ex-girlfriend. Those remain, thankfully, quiet, likely steeped in their own lives thinking of me only by accident when their children or partner annoy them.
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I Believe... [Stop Keeping Score]
...that for those keeping score, keeping score in anything other than sports or board games is the fucking problem.
Striking Out?
Any time it is workers versus greed plus new technology, the workers lose. Every time.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 16, 2023
“Neurodiversity” is the new “irreconcilable differences.”
Shaving the Pubic Hair of the Seventies
I submit that with this completely unnecessary reboot the nuding of the pubic area of the 1970's is complete.
Doing and Subverting Aren't Possible Simultaneously
Subversive marketing is just marketing, and woke capitalism and anti-woke capitalism are both just capitalism.
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I Believe... [Childproofing Society]
...that smoothing over and correcting language is the childproofing of intellectual discourse.
I Like to Watch | Films that Reflect My Reflection
I am on a loop of looking into my past as if there is no future worth thinking about like a self-involved accident victim, only able to see and feel the scars of yesterday.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 9, 2023
When having a conversation around socio-economic-political things, you don’t have to give historical context with every opinion you offer. It’s a conversation, not a lecture. And as a general rule of common decency, when having a conversation, don’t lecture, it makes you sound like an asshole and we won’t want to talk with you anymore.
Why We Can't Have Nice Things Online
Perhaps I’m out of practice or have lost my taste for it like a former drug addict revisiting a high and discovering it isn’t quite what he remembered.
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I Believe... [Autonomy is a Singular Goal]
...that Himmel is completely, 100% correct when he states that marriage is a willingness to forgo autonomy. Given my almost relentless desire for autonomy, I should’ve known better…
Hate is a Cold Wind
And I am caught in another crossroads. I DO blend in with this crowd. I LOOK like one of them. I used to BE one of them. In their eyes, I AM one of them.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 2, 2023
Good food is like bad relationships: it all eventually turns to shit.
Throwing Cheese at Pink
Concert tickets are almost ridiculously expensive these days. A family size wheel of Brie ain’t cheap either.
A Message of Hope Before We All Die
We’re screwed-ish.
Celebrating America is as Complicated as a Teenager's Birthday
In country years, at 246 years, America is just a teenager.
Walking with a Limp
“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” —Jose Ortega y Gasset
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I Believe... [In Underwear]
...that life is laundry. It’s a pain in the ass, seems completely pointless but, man, it’s grand to have a pair of clean underwear.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 25, 2023
I recently ordered sushi in English off a Hebrew menu while sucking back a German Pilsner. Tell me again why we can’t figure out world peace?
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I Believe... [It Ain't Cultural]
...that the excuse for one’s poor behavior “it’s a cultural thing” is its own form of casual racism—being on time, respecting the time of others, and functioning for the benefit of the whole have nothing to do with culture.
How do you want to be defined? By one action? By some opinion that could evolve? By a mistake, regrettable only with hindsight? Or by the sum of your parts? Okay, do that for other people. Start the trend.