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Dec 20, 2024: Tinfoil Nation In the beginning was a Dane Cook special. This was 2005 Dane Cook, bestride the world of comedy long enough to give us a movie with Jessica Simpson, …
Dec 19, 2024:
Tiptoe Through The Tombstones
It’s that time of year, when we all try to guess what we’re supposed to get each other for Christmas, and we all pretend to be thrilled with whatever …
Dec 18, 2024: Chicken Farm The coverage of the killing of Brian Thompson assumes Stalinesque proportions when we think about how many front line healthcare workers have been …
Dec 17, 2024: Josh Shapiro, Ghostbuster In 1989 Alan More convinced me that class war was inevitable, but I’d probably have to move to the UK for it, which given their predilection for beans …
Dec 16, 2024: Curiouser and curiouser Idioms are the bane of a literal mind, and if you’re anywhere on the spectrum, you know the pain of being told you take things too literally. It’s not …
Dec 14, 2024: Fogged In Fog’s a funny thing, floating low altitude clouds, sullied cotton candy, but it has enormous power, enough to get its own verb to describe what it can …
Dec 13, 2024: Trump Finds A Buddy In a sure sign that we’re all on the naughty list, this year’s Christmas must-have is more Satan than Santa, more Krampus than Kringle, …
Dec 12, 2024: Israel Uber Alles If you’re a small (maybe) nuclear-capable country known for a religion founded by a genocidal deity who’s had to fend off your neighbors …
Dec 11, 2024: TFW you call IT and 30 minutes later they reached the same conclusion you did.
Dec 11, 2024: A Thousand Miles Heard this once from a friend working with the SF in Afghanistan: about to board a C-130, and during the safety brief, they were told in the event of …
Dec 10, 2024: Family Man, 2024 Edition Are we really so divided, so used to dehumanizing one another, that people are out here openly celebrating the cold-blooded murder of a hardworking …
Dec 9, 2024: Comfort Zones Feeling good after sleeping in, blowing off the morning’s writing, reducing the daily workout to its bare minimum, and telling myself that I needed …
Dec 8, 2024: In defense of donuts Made the weekly sugar coma run to one of six donut shops within easy driving distance, all of which are run by Koreans, half of them next to a nail …
Dec 1, 2024: Why So Vulnerable It’s been five years since someone else’s therapist and a close personal friend pointed out that while I’m not counting toothpicks or wearing hearing …
Nov 30, 2024: Asking For It In my continuing quest for filthy lucre, inspired by both my love of shelter and my bank’s insistence that they, too, would like me to keep sending …
Nov 29, 2024: One More Thing If I’m grateful for anything, it’s that Google doesn’t limit the number of edits to calendars. And that there isn’t a readily available log of the …
Nov 28, 2024: Thanks for nothing Today as a nation prepares to gorge itself on turkey, football, and guilt, I’m thankful for Mad TV and its “Lowered Expectations”. I’m more thankful …
Nov 27, 2024: Two Things, Divergent Smart people know they’re not, just that they’re smarter than they used to be. “I’m smart” gives one the sense of arrival, that I’m here, and I don’t …
Nov 15, 2024: Star Spangled Stupidity Today in “Why NextDoor Is the Worst,” this is someone’s “without comment” post from Veteran’s Day, which was commemorated here on the compound with …
Nov 15, 2024: Star Spangled Stupidity Today in “Why NextDoor Is the Worst,” this is someone’s “without comment” post from Veteran’s Day, which was commemorated here on the compound with …
Nov 6, 2024: He Is Risen I went to bed early last night, hopeful. As a A Man Of A Certain Age, that’s not terribly unusual, and with the time change, I’m following the …
Nov 4, 2024: The robots are here This is Atlas autonomously moving engine covers. They’re not coming for our jobs, they’re here for them. Because rather than adapting work areas that …
Nov 2, 2024: Closing arguments Trump and Harris are wrapping up their campaigns this week. A lot of people will vote on a single issue. I can’t think of a more pertinent single …
Nov 2, 2024: Closing arguments Trump and Harris are wrapping up their campaigns this week. A lot of people will vote on a single issue. I can’t think of a more pertinent single …
Oct 28, 2024: That time email cost me a job I once had seven interview rounds over four months for an integrator job. For those of you not familiar with startup speak, an integrator is an admin …
Oct 10, 2024: What John Cena taught me about my novel It was Wrestlemania XL (40 to you non-Roman fanboy types) this year, and as a latecomer to most things, including the appeal of what is clearly …
Oct 9, 2024: High beams I’ve started walking after dinner, for a couple of reasons, mainly because walking after a day of sitting helps me move on from what I’m doing for a …
Oct 5, 2024: Knowing it all I miss knowing everything. Having all the answers. Being smarter than everyone else. Because I, like my fellow Christians knew that The Secret wasn’t …
Oct 4, 2024: Like a prayer Scrolling through images of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene, I nearly did what I had done for years when faced with immeasurable …
Oct 3, 2024: Sirens One of the perks of living near a nuclear power plant is that the first Monday of the month at noon they test the area’s warning sirens. They’re not …
Oct 2, 2024: Catching Up Kabul, 2021, the Crossfit gym another expat had set up in the secure hotel we lived/worked/drank in at the time. I was attempting to end another …
Sep 28, 2024: Get your wings You could live a life where you never learned that Red Bull is energy drink. But you’d still know the name. Because they’ve positioned themselves as …
Sep 27, 2024: Head down in the dark Most mornings I’m walking before dawn. In the dark, headlamp on, worried more about a deer colliding with me out of panic than anything. When it’s …
Sep 26, 2024: Nothing To Say That’s never true. We know we have something to say. What we don’t know is whether anyone’s listening. If there’s someone to hear it. Acknowledge us. …
Sep 25, 2024: More Is More More isn’t better. It’s just more. And it makes it less fun. Whatever it is. A slice of pizza. A favorite song. A hug. But none is worse. No pizzas, …
Sep 20, 2024: Deload It’s a word used in weight training. Refers to a time of active recovery. Where you dial back the intensity, the volume, or both. It’s a step back so …
Sep 19, 2024: Big Wins “It’s the little victories.” Little to who? Some days laundry is my moon landing. Getting out of bed? Everest. We’ve been taught to rate ourselves by …
Sep 18, 2024: Thermostat? Or Thermometer? Watching Jon Bernthal interview his brother. Bernthal’s always been an interesting guy to me. Beyond the roles he’s played in TV, movies, he’s just …
Sep 14, 2024: Ideal Conditions We can look at conditions one of two ways: They weren’t ideal for what we had in mindThey were ideal for what resultedIt’s not about controlling …
Sep 13, 2024: Who Would Jesus Bomb? Maybe Jesus would bomb the Syrians Cause they're not Jews like him Maybe Jesus would bomb the Afghans On some kind of vengeful whim Maybe Jesus would …
Sep 12, 2024: Helping Hands If you read one story about the war in Gaza, make this one from the Atavist about Layan Albaz, a teenager who lost her friends, her family, and her …
Sep 11, 2024: Never Forget There’s a picture of me, my sister, and my mom on top of one of the World Trade Center towers. I think I’m maybe 8. I keep thinking I should digitize …
Sep 10, 2024: Kicking Ants Ants. They’re amazing until they’re not. The not usually happening when they’ve breached the perimeter and discovered that you’re less than careful …
Sep 9, 2024: It's Closer Something about the Indigo Girls always spoke to me. Raised as I was in a cult-adjacent church (adjacent because we never went full robes and …
Sep 8, 2024: Safe Space They want to destroy safe spaces. Replace them with fortresses, ruled by fear. Fear of violence. Of the outside. Fearful of the other. In their world, …
Sep 7, 2024: Deer Sign When whitetail deer get spooked, they run. Because when you’re a deer, options are zero. No fight or flight. Just. Flight. And their tails go up to …
Sep 6, 2024: The Mulch Pile I take a walk most days. Same route, about the same time. Helps me get out of my own head, out of my own way. It’s in the neighborhood, so not much …
Sep 5, 2024: We Are Family When you’re here, you’re family.That was Olive Garden’s slogan until 2012, when they decided that was too catchy and paid someone a lot of money to …
Sep 4, 2024: Hates “I am everything liberals hate.” The distillation of the political divide continues, this time via a bumper sticker in the rear window of a pickup …
Sep 3, 2024: Delayed If today were a baseball game, there’d be a rain delay. A pause in the action until the weather clears up. But life isn’t baseball. We play, rain or …
Sep 2, 2024: Trimming There are bushes in the backyard. They were planted for two reasons: They can survive Texas heat.Deer don’t eat them.And they’ve grown, remarkably …
Sep 1, 2024: Falling Summer’s leaving, doing so, as it does every year, with the first hint that cooler weather is coming, a break in the unremitting heat to tell us that …
Aug 31, 2024: Presence We’re always going somewhere. We miss being anywhere. And end up nowhere.
Aug 30, 2024: Possum Kingdom Learned today that if you see a baby possum by itself, best to take it to a rescue organization, because it’s mom is gone. Not dead, although that’s a …
Aug 29, 2024: Hunched Trust the hips. Shakira wasn’t wrong: they don’t lie. I don’t trust mine. Means I hunch my shoulders when I’m doing kettlebell cleans. Trying to chase …
Aug 27, 2024: Informed Informed. I’d like to think that I am. But why? Is it to make better decisions? Learn something about myself or the world? Or is it so I can be part …
Aug 26, 2024: Pivots There’s a process for anything worth doing well. Steps to take, points of performance, the occasional “hack” as you progress and learn ways around …
Aug 25, 2024: Excused Boundaries. Good fences, good neighbors. Build a wall. Because we need limits. Perspective. Scope. And protection. From the world. From our tribe. …
Aug 24, 2024: Simple Kettlebell. Cannonball with a handle. I have the pandemic to thank for the growing collection in the garage. More than I need, and the epitome of …
Aug 23, 2024: Emotional At the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and a party working hard to make “not going back” the message, after the Obamas left the stage, it felt a …
Aug 22, 2024: Greatness Tim Walz spoke at the Democratic National Convention last night. The New York Times called it the “biggest speech” of his career. Except come …
Aug 21, 2024: Framing Here’s something I’d never hear myself say: I’ve been watching the Democratic National Convention. Or at least clips from it on social media. I don’t …
Aug 20, 2024: Meddling with honor "But I really, I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That's the highest award …
Aug 19, 2024: Day 1 Today’s the first day of the rest of your life. Depending on the day, that feels hopeful. Or fills me with existential dread. Opting for the first …
Aug 18, 2024: Lassoed Working my way through Season 3 of Ted Lasso. Somehow lost touch with it after Season 2. No fault of the show’s, just it happens. Special interests …
Aug 17, 2024: Psychopathy and hope Spent the day finishing Killing Eve. I am nothing if not current on my pop culture. Not to give too much away, but it’s about an assassin working for …
Aug 16, 2024: Decision or default I know what kind of day this is. It’s an amazing day. Because I’ve decided that. Chosen that. Opted out of guessing. Not settling for the default …
Aug 15, 2024: It all floats Helium has one job. Just be lighter than air. And in that there is joy. In a floating bit of inflated rubber. Or Mylar, if you’re fancy. Bobbing along …
Aug 14, 2024: Now that's weird Weird. Hard to define, but like Justice Stewart and pornography, we know it when we see it. It’s a line the Democrats have latched on to with Vance …
Aug 13, 2024: It's just temporary Pain is temporary, pride is forever. Not sure where I first read that. Probably on the wall of a locker room in a an after school special about that …
Aug 12, 2024: Perspective Perception is reality: Helen Keller would describe her driving test very differently from her instructor.
Aug 11, 2024: Pursuit There’s a lake not far from where I live. I go there when I can. Watch the sun come up. Something about water, as the world shakes off the night …
Aug 10, 2024: I am not my feelings One of those things I need reminded of semi-regularly, from Ram Dass by way of Pete Holmes, that the me that is me, the self, is not the feeling I’m …
Aug 9, 2024: JD Vance Is All Of Us When you’re the guy trying to make Diet Mt. Dew the official drink of “Heritage, Not Hate”, you give off the kind of energy that makes people go, …
Aug 8, 2024: The Reps Hampton Morris just medaled in weightlifting, ending a 40 year drought in the event for the United States. In Olympic weightlifting, it comes down to …
Aug 7, 2024: Better now Better late than never. I’ve told myself that a lot. As the years ticked by. As others did the expected. Took the steps. Collected the degrees, the …
Aug 6, 2024: Stealing air Met my doppelganger yesterday. Maybe a year younger. Nearly identical career paths. At the same company. Except. He’s where he is. And I’m where I’m …
Aug 5, 2024: Rest area The rest area. Icon of the road trip. Or at least a necessity, with the stretches of American asphalt winding for miles, hours from the nearest bit of …
Aug 4, 2024: Just keep raking I’ve rediscovered TikTok. Don’t expect my influencing to bloom. But. Along with most of the world, I too am scrolling through videos of people feeding …
Aug 3, 2024: Manifesting Manifest. It’s a funny word. Means a few different things, because language. But thinking about it in terms of the universe. Which, I believe is …
Aug 2, 2024: Give the suck a hug Embrace the suck. It’s a military phrase, origin unknown. Slightly more polite, unlike the NSFW “FUBAR” and “SNAFU”. My personal favorite in that …
Aug 1, 2024: Same pack, different mountain I like kettlebells. Have since the lockdown. Let me rephrase that. I hate kettlebells. I like what they can do for me. And no this isn’t a link to my …
Jul 31, 2024: Momentum I keep wanting to not do this. Because I have this vision of myself. That version of me? Quits things. Mainly because he gets scared. Worried that …
Jul 28, 2024: Wedding bells & burros Went to a wedding this weekend. The usual things were in play: BubblesBeerBurrosOK, that last part was something new. Neville the Burro was part of …
Jul 26, 2024: Learning to like me Love your neighbor as yourself. Since most of us hate ourselves, that’s working out fine, Jesus. Not sure the Son of God was advocating hate. Probably …
Jul 25, 2024: Stand and deliver I’ve been shopping for a standing desk. We’ve been told that sitting is the new smoking. The solution? Stand while you work. You know who’s not …
Jul 24, 2024: The lawn at the end of the world America has a lawn problem. Nothing against lawns. But when fully 1/3 of all residential water use goes to landscape irrigation? That’s a problem. 9 …
Jul 23, 2024: Preach on When we’re indoctrinated, it’s hard not to preach. About our god. About our politics. About our WOD (I see you, Crossfitters). Because the Kool-Aid? …
Jul 22, 2024: Faking it Fake it ‘til you make it. What then? Can we stop faking it? Because we had to fake it to get there. No reason to stop now. Then just be yourself. …
Jul 21, 2024: Pickled Played pickleball for the first time today. Not sure why that feels like the whitest thing ever. Probably because the court’s in the middle of a gated …
Jul 20, 2024: Is it love? I eat McDonald’s about once a month. The nearest one is 20 minutes away. So going there is a trip. Not quite an adventure. But a break from the …
Jul 19, 2024: Trivial pursuits I’m a trivia fan. Friend of mine calls them “crap facts”. They’re also a fan. Not everyone is. That’s meant a lot of awkward moments at parties when, …
Jul 18, 2024: Appease me, please me They said they’re a people pleaser. Except they’re not pleasing anyone. What they want to avoid is conflict. Appeasement. To hear the emperor say, …
Jul 17, 2024: Find your flock Took a walk this morning. Saw an Egyptian goose on a rooftop. Not a typical roosting spot. Then it started honking as a pair of Canadian geese flew …
Jul 16, 2024: Finding the right side The wrong side of the bed. I don’t really have any other option. It’s just the one side, and that’s it. But the routine was off this morning. Set …
Jul 15, 2024: Got choices? When it all feels like a dumpster fire, it’s hard to see over the sides. We end up waiting for The Moment. That crack in the wall. The sun shining …
Jul 14, 2024: Of course AI is smarter We’re worried, rightly, that AI will replace us. That we’ve created a species smarter than us. Except. We’re the ones that came up with Ted Cruz. JoJo …
Jul 13, 2024: Help me? You think I don’t want help. Not true. It’s the help that’s on offer. The one that assumes. Doesn’t ask. Won’t adapt. Just gets to work. We’re not all …
Jul 12, 2024: Can you see me? Do you see me? Am I being seen? Does it matter? And what does it mean? YouTube’s algorithm decided this morning that women getting out of cars in …
Jul 11, 2024: Equalized Equality. Hear it a lot, probably use it a lot. Think we know what it means. This country’s founded on the ideal. “All men are created equal.” Sounds …
Jul 10, 2024: Let it go You’d think it would be easier. Just relax your grip. Open your hand. Simple. Sometimes it’s all you can do. Holding on is hurting you. But it’s all …
Jul 9, 2024: Do It Over Sometimes it’s just best to start over. Clean the slate. Open to a new page. Find all new people to run for president. Seems easy enough. Just start …
Jul 8, 2024: Slow Starts There are a thousand miles ahead. So take that first step. And the next one. And the one after that. Just by taking a step, you’re ahead of the game. …
Jul 7, 2024: Roadhouse 2024: Big Dumb Fun Watched the 2024 reboot of Roadhouse last night. It’s a movie that, like the original, worked very hard to give the main character depth. Make them …
Jul 6, 2024: Listen to the tribe, Joe The Debate has assumed capital status in my head, somewhere between 9/11 and the day Jerry Garcia died. Biden lost. Democracy won. Or at least what …
Jul 5, 2024: Dictator or Dotard Freedom of choice. Freedom from choice. Language is tricky. It’s a syllable. Just the one. Couple of extra letters. But it means we’ve got two …
Jul 4, 2024: Patriotism: An Epitaph I saw it from across the parking lot: an American flag better suited to the skies over a car dealership than where it was, bolted to the back end of …
Jul 3, 2024: Nailed It It always comes down to a nail. For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. …
Jul 2, 2024: Legal Loopholes The next president could order Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival with impunity. That’s the takeaway from yesterday’s Supreme Court 6-3 …
Jul 1, 2024: Playtime Went to Cidercade yesterday. It’s an arcade that serves cider. The kind you have to be 21 to order. And no, it’s not a remixed Dave & Buster’s. …
May 30, 2024: Someone to save me Nearly two and a half years ago, I decided to step off the hamster wheel. Write a book. Reasonable, if risky, proposition, I thought. That is, if I …
May 29, 2024: Marines invade Dune screening on Max Got around to watching Dune 2. Been on the list for a while. Two things stopping me. PaulChaniLet’s be clear: Denis Villeneuve's vision of Herbert’s …
May 28, 2024: People First Person first? Or. Diagnosis first. I’m either: A person with autism, an example of people first language (PFL), orAn autistic person, an example of …
May 27, 2024: My kind of monster I’d moved out, told her I was filing. Left a letter on her desk in the home office. I know, I know, I am a gem. Then the job I had fell through. Had …
May 25, 2024: Running To Stand Still I was a bigger U2 fan once. Probably still am. You outgrow those things, but they never really leave you. I was raised on classical music and an …
May 23, 2024: Sucker punched I’m “in between opportunities”. Kind of like Van Damme’s in between these trucks except they’re pulling away and sure funds are flexible but at some …
May 20, 2024: Performative effectiveness This weekend, Lando Norris learned a tough lesson in performance vs. effectiveness, which unless he’s a big fan of the civil-military cooperation, and …
May 19, 2024: Time Bandits There’s a store here at the country club. Cannot tell you how much that sentence amuses me circa 1995 thinking I was going to end up in a VW bus …
May 16, 2024: What's with all the robots? Today’s question no one’s asked: What’s with all the robots? If I illustrate anything, it’s usually with some kind robot thing out of a Midjourney …
May 9, 2024: But I need it Better to have, and not need, than to need and not have.Attributed to Franz Kafka. The problem is that we attribute need to too many things. Telling …
May 8, 2024: Something to say “I don’t have anything to say”. That’s not true. We have things to say. Just that we think they’re not worth listening to. Some of that’s ego. …
May 7, 2024: Sampled Drug tested today as part of a job application process. Collection centers are grim places, filled with the kind of cheer better suited to a DMV. Big …
May 6, 2024: The system didn't fail Brendan Depa We hear it all the time. The system doesn’t work right. The system’s broken. The system failed. Those are comforting words. Words designed to instill …
May 5, 2024: Mandatory Cinco de Mayo muttering Here’s all I know about Cinco de Mayo: It’s not Mexican Independence DayIn Mexico, it’s only really celebrated in PueblaThe holiday started out as a …
May 3, 2024: Finger thinkings I’ve never been what you’d call consistent. Except at maybe starting things. And (re)scheduling things. It’s that “re” that’s critical. Subtext in my …
Apr 30, 2024: Reframing narratives Based on the pitchfork stacking on LinkedIn, Simon Sinek has committed the great sin of pointing out that nonprofits have a perception problem. The …
Apr 29, 2024: Prophecies We are our own prophets. Prophets have no honor in their own country. Because prophets bear little good news. They blame God. The universe. What …
Apr 28, 2024: Justifying my validation Halfway through explaining myself, I heard it. Justifying my existence. They’re always needing that. Some explanation for my behavior, my choices. …
Apr 27, 2024: Finding my way It’s that 30 minutes we get here in Texas when the days are just warm enough to be pleasant, there’s still some relief when the sun goes down, and the …
Apr 26, 2024: A blog by any other name Something about having a “blog” has taken me back to a previous version of myself that I didn’t know existed. I never really had a personal blog. Not …
Apr 25, 2024: See me, hear me I grew up listening to Petra. Not grew up, exactly, because in our house Christian rock was still rock and since rock was the devil’s music and …
Apr 24, 2024: Running out of runway The hustlers talk about runway. In the finance world, it’s how many months a business has before it runs out of cash. A couple of years ago I stepped …
Apr 16, 2024: I want to hate Logan Paul I want to hate Logan Paul. I thought my special interest was safe. One of them, anyway. I mean, wrestling. Athletes in spandex in a kinetic soap …
Apr 16, 2024: How to talk to your 10 year old about consent Editor’s Note: I’m in the process of pulling in things I’ve written before, figuring out where it fits into the current site, and this was something I …
Apr 15, 2024: The hater in the mirror Haters. We’ve all had them. In my head they’re Luther and his Rogues from 1982’s The Warriors and they keep taunting me to come out to play. Except …
Apr 14, 2024: The "A" word Let’s talk about the “A” word Accountability. At its best? Partnership. Built on support. Mutual. Shared. A journey taken together. But then? It …
Apr 10, 2024: Manscaping everything It’s Sunday morning, and I’m shaving my face. Later, I start the mower. Trim the yard, keep the HOA at bay for another week. Maybe longer, if it’s …
Apr 9, 2024: The system worked Got summoned for jury duty. Not my first time. Just the first time I answered the summons with something other than a request for deferment. Not …
Apr 7, 2024: You can look back It’s right there in the lyrics: Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said “Don’t look back, you …
Apr 6, 2024: Simultaneous magic As A Man Of A Certain Age, I see a lot of intellectual property from my youth making its way to film in some form or another. I don’t know that this …
Apr 4, 2024: Trump's Windmill Problem Ron Filipkowski writing for The Daily Beast dropped this into my Today I Learned box this week about Donald Trump’s hatred of wind turbines, which, …
Apr 1, 2024: Anywhere but down Nowhere to go but up. They tell you that in the rooms. Over styrofoam cups of decent coffee, remnants of cigarettes sneaking in to underscore regret. …
Mar 29, 2024: Melting down Big feelings. Something we associate with kids. Beings less developed than ourselves. They don’t have the words to deal with them. But they will, when …
Mar 27, 2024: Ripples Doesn’t matter how far you fell. Or how big you were. Once you hit the water, the ripples fade. The fall isn’t the problem. It’s the sudden stop at …
Mar 26, 2024: Capacity < potential We get told almost from the womb that we have potential. It’s vague, unclear, but we start to see the outlines of it. The lucky ones get handed the …
Mar 25, 2024: Crashing takes time Crashing doesn’t happen all at once. Seems like it. It’s not the fall, but the sudden stop at the end. But then you look back. See that it was …
Mar 22, 2024: I was loved I’m everything I am Because you loved meI was loved. Falsely, as it turns out. Not because of them, but because of me. They loved a version of me. A …
Mar 21, 2024: Just be me I’m supposed to just be myself. Be the best me I can be. There’s only one me. Kind of glad that last one’s true. Not sure about the first two. Because …
Mar 20, 2024: Walking home Like a lot of us on the spectrum, words have a nearly mythic appeal. Because of how my brain’s wired, certain words sound like fingers on harp …
Mar 19, 2024: (Feeling) judged by Door Dash It’s a simple enough question: “How many people did you order for?” Just another mundane data pull for Door Dash so our future robot overlords know …
Mar 17, 2024: Congressman opens heavenly probe Congressman Eric Burlison (R-MO) believes that quality time means killing things with his kids and thinks it’s possible that UFOs are angels, and …
Mar 16, 2024: Proof of NT life No idea what it’s like for you neurotypicals but the “introduce yourself to a potential employer” self-recorded video to this particular …
Mar 16, 2024: They're coming for our calendars As the smoke clears after the fire that engulfed actress/model/eyebrow goals Cara Delevigne’s home last week, some things are apparent: Her cats are …
Mar 15, 2024: Falling for The Fall Guy As a Gen Xer, I’m 100% going to see The Fall Guy because while recycling IP from my childhood makes the creative in me itch, the nostalgic Man Of A …
Mar 14, 2024: Am I enough? I am enough. Or I want to be. I’d like to be. I want to be enough. For everyone in my life. It validates me to know that I am. Or to be told that I …
Mar 8, 2024: Autistic? Or asshole? Before I knew I was autistic, I just wrote it off to being an asshole. And by “it” I mean the gut reaction response to things that usually meant one …
Mar 7, 2024: White space I’d like to think I’m a visionary. A self-starter. Someone who can see that far horizon and blaze a trail toward it. That given enough time to do what …
Mar 6, 2024: Getting the order wrong It’s the 3 Ms: MotivationMovementMomentumThat’s the order. Motivate myself to move and generate momentum. Except most days? I have to move first. …
Mar 5, 2024: Aiming small Aim small, miss small. First heard that in American Sniper, Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic-free ode to an American icon. Context is sniper training, and …
Mar 4, 2024: I'm a real boy Just watched the trailer for Little Wing. Burst into tears. Learning to let myself have those moments. Sit with my feelings. Let them roll over me. …
Mar 3, 2024: Wish I was special Somewhere between putting the Kindle down and trying to dial down the yawning abyss enough to close my eyes for the night, I caught up with myself. …
Mar 2, 2024: Rear views and windshields I am trapped by the smaller view. The one in the rearview mirror. It’s too small to show me what went right. Only room enough for what went wrong. Out …
Mar 1, 2024: I'm that guy I used to watch The Jerry Springer Show. I’d have done it ironically, but this was before irony permeated the cultural landscape, in the days before …
Feb 29, 2024: When size matters As someone “in between opportunities” in the 21st century, I get a lot of canned responses to job applications. Usually they package the “nope, not …
Jan 16, 2024: A love letter to Love's As a Texas resident, I know the Buc-ee’s. I’m in awe in much the same way I’m in awe of strip mining equipment: I’m impressed by the engineering, a …