The Richest Man in the World is a Fucking Idiot
You’re aware of Elon Musk buying Twitter and buying the U.S. presidency. What you may not be aware of is that Elon’s fragile ego wants to own literally...
Liberal Arts
In 2006 when I moved to Birmingham, a friend pointed to me to the Birmingham Ultimate Disc Association. This friend named Tim was a senior at Whitman who I...
Out West and the Live Music Industry
Alright let’s get the things that most of you care about out of the way. Fav city of the travels: San Diego prob fits me the best. As a state I appreciated...
Ischemic Time
I tend to live in an “If, then” loop. It’s easier and more comfortable. There’s never an end, but you don’t know that. Kind of. It’s a form of...
An Ode to the GOAT
Everyone has different leadership styles. We can try to emulate others. Ultimately, it’s your genuine self that gets people to resonate. For myself, the word...
In Retrospect
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them." (Link) I’m writing this on September 18th at two in the...
A Hypothetical Dynasty
It was reported on September 12th by Alex Raskin of the Daily Mail that former NFL.com columnist Jim Trotter filed an “anticipated discrimination lawsuit...
A Means to an End
This is a Joy Division reference. This feels like the end of this thing I’d been working towards since the end of 2016, and the beginning of a new phase of...
The Why
When you get the underlying reason behind what you’re doing, everything else comes easily after. When I play drums, once I get it in my mind, my body...
Because I Feel Like It
((Logging into Buttondown for the first time in a few months and JD, this new Buttondown interface is great!!!)) There’s what you feel like you should do,...
Forget
We spend most of our days living some basic moments. You wake up, go about your day, make sure your family is ok, wind down and decompress, and go to bed....
Omicron, fascism, and the US healthcare system
I wrote something awhile back that I was reflecting on this morning. In December 2019 during my first semester as a health informatics student, our final...
What to do if you test positive for COVID
When I tested positive for COVID in September '21, a lot of people helped me with information for what to do. It was pretty overwhelming especially when...
Self-sabotage and shame
So if you could find it in your heartTo give a man a second startI promise things won't end the sameShame, boatloads of shameDay after day, more of the...
Pandemic Year 2
My energy ebbs and flows a lot, or at least I’m more aware of it. Some days I feel like saying and writing something, but most days I’d rather keep to myself...
Five-Year Reflection
When I left NYC in January of 2017 and moved back to Birmingham, I actually made one of those five-year plans. Not all of these were on that plan nor did I...
Performing
We are expected to be and act a certain way. And when we act differently, we get nervous like we’re doing something wrong. It makes us anxious, wondering if...
Rewiring
2021 has been interesting to me. I’m unsure if I’m just older, but I feel different. I was having a conversation with someone about a month ago. He was...
I am mad.
I spent yesterday watching the horrifying events, and today trying to collect my thoughts. And the words that kept coming to me were that I am mad. I am mad...
This Is Sparta! San Jose State Climbs the Mountain to First Conference Championship Title
“You don’t climb a mountain in one single bound. You do it a step at a time.” – San Jose State Head Coach Brent Brennan Or alternatively, from Confucius:...