How do you know when a politician is lying? For that matter, how do you know when anyone is lying? The answer is – You don’t. The world is full of bull shit, and so am I. So there!
What would it be like if puddy tats ruled the world? I can’t say for certain, but I can hazard an educated guess based on my own resident despot: Bootsy Collins, a ten-year-old tuxedo cat who, like his namesake, walks with funk but governs with iron (and fur-covered) paws. He is the template for our future […]
When Cats Rule the World: A Warning from Bootsy the Tuxedo Tyrant Read More »
Lately, I’ve been having these odd, harmlessly dystopian thoughts. You know, the kind where you fantasize about waking up in a completely changed world. Not like a “new job, new car, new hairline” kind of changed. More like “everyone has calmed down, politics aren’t blood sport, and people at Thanksgiving actually talk to each other”
I Think I Pulled a Rip Van Winkle, and Frankly, I’m Not Mad About It Read More »
The other night, I was watching a crime drama. You know the type—dark lighting, brooding protagonist, improbable genius wrapped in a trench coat. The hero in question, a brilliant forensic scientist, was offered a “big job upstairs”—a fast-track promotion. He politely declined with a simple line that hit me like a slap in the brain:
The Last Refuge of Failure Read More »
A tragicomedy in three acts, starring your government. Congratulations, democracy! You handed the keys to the kingdom over to a group of people whose primary qualifications are “owns a webcam,” “has strong opinions about lizard people,” and “once went viral yelling in a truck.” And now, surprise! Everything’s broken, nothing works, and your national discourse
This Is What Happens When You Put Whackos in Charge Read More »
Is the apple that is the world getting more rotten with each passing day? And if so why is that? Let’s apply the scientific method to our analysis and see what becomes of it. First let us lay out what the scientific method is. Step one is to create the null hypothesis. A null hypothesis
What a World, What a Rotten World Read More »
Every once in a while, someone gets it twisted. They stand at the crossroads of power and ego, puff out their chest, and start acting like they were born in charge. Like they own the place. Like the pot of gold is theirs, and the rest of us should be grateful just to catch a
You Are Not the Keeper of Our Pot of Gold. You Are a Temporary Leprechaun. Read More »
You know, sometimes you’ve had about all you can stands. Your brain just won’t stop spinning until something comes out of your mouth or out of your fingers onto the typewritten page. Such is the case today as I contemplate the very slow implosion of a confidence man and the enablement of a Lex Luthor-esque
The Ballad of Moscow Musk and Dasvidaniya Don Read More »
Yewknowut? The 2020 election was a similar massacre for Republicans and we all survived, even after the stark statements from the Republicans that our country was now gonna collapse. Yewknowut? We didn’t collapse and all of that bullshit about the end of the world from Dopey Don and his dopey crew turned out to be
Don’t Commence to Doom Spending Just Yet Read More »
My expectations for 2020 were not high. There were a few things to look forward to, like my Grandson’s birthday, some camping trips with my pals, biking, hiking, golfing, and my wife’s 60th birthday. The chaos in Washington and the political dissent that has spread across the nation over the last 4 years had dropped
Perception is NOT Reality Read More »
A bit of stoic philosophy for you from one of the great stoic philosophers The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then
Pain is Just Weakness Leaving Your Body Read More »
