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 have...
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 you can...
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 this...
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 and the...
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 an...
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 setting....
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 at the...
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 and...
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 one kid...
Perspective
Perception is reality: Helen Keller would describe her driving test very differently from her instructor. This is part of The 100, 100 posts in 100 days.
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 before. Some...
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 having....
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, “Yeah, he...
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 a few...
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...
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 at....
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...
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...
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 connected to...
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 genre has...