2021 is shaping up to be a massive improvement over 2020 in many ways for most of us. I mean, statistically, it would have to, but it’s looking to be a superb year for the nerds out there. We’re getting another Dune adaptation, and, despite my trepidation at the thought…
Dear Reader, I’d like you to do something for me. Take out a pen and a piece of paper; this won’t take long. Now, on that paper, I would like you to write a dollar value that accurately captures your loyalty, integrity, and interpersonal relationships. Before you do; I’d give…
Let’s talk Jeopardy for a minute, and how it’s now going to sink itself due to an inability to adequately and accurately assess risk.
So, to reiterate an oft-repeated line I heard at a recent writer’s conference; traditional media isn’t interested in unknown quantities, they want big, well-known names that can sell books long before those books are published. I guess I understand that; nobody enjoys taking risks, especially with money. …
A friend of mine recently asked how I write. Like everyone else who just sits down in front of the keyboard and hacks away, I was kind of dumbfounded as to how to answer this one, but a lot of it is being in the right place at the right…
For the past 300 years, since COVID hit, my usual (and favorite) in-person cancer support group went on hiatus, because an unpredictable disease mixing with immunocompromised people is a terrifying prospect. We’ve recently started meeting, again. And I am incredibly grateful, both because it’s always a treat not to have…
Trigger warning for MAGAts, inbred cousin-fuckers, Daughter-wives of the Confederacy, and all the other snowflakes who are worried about a pinch in the arm (also, obviously, I’m angry, I haven’t had any Indica products today, so you can expect a ton of salty language, calls to cut off Texas’s cable subscription, and other family-friendly fare)(also, if you are in Texas, congratulations on having electricity this weeek; ERCOT wants you to keep your devices powered down unless it’s an emergency, or you’re on W’s ranch). I’m going to be smug, condescending, cruel, and provocative, which are the only true Southern exports
So, I’d like to describe a place for you. It’s a part of the world where women and minorities have a disproportionately tiny amount of socioeconomic influence, the age of consent is 15 (de facto), treatable, preventable diseases are unchecked, there are very few restrictions on firearm ownership, extremist militias…
The hardest, most painful adjustment to life, post-diagnosis, is to your mental health, especially in the context of your social life. A major pillar of 21st century life is the grand delusion that illness is the exception to the rule, not the rule. I suspect this instills the proper sense…
I’m seeing a lot of weird, “This is what it’s like to try marijuana nowadays”-themed articles on the Internet, which is great, but it’s almost as if able-bodied people are discovering some weird, new world that cripples, disabled people, and freaks didn’t know about years ago. By an amazing coincidence…
In the news, the military wants to learn about Critical Race Theory, which has triggered Matt Gaetz (I’m using the word in the same way he does, not the way anyone who’s experienced it would).
Before we get into the thick of it; I should point out that I usually…
Hint: It’s the pseudoscientific belief that all struggle makes you stronger
A friend of mine recently posted about the toxic nature of hereditary wealth, which I absolutely agree with, and then noted that society believes struggle makes people stronger, which I have some issues with (the philosophical stance, not the fact that society is all too ready to crush individuals in…
