Today I Was Right and Still an Asshole.
I was an asshole today because I was right, and turned it into a dumb righteousness-of-knowledge crusade. Here’s the breakdown. The venerable NAD 3020i that pumped out sweet sounds for more than 30 years went…
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Invisible, Not Unseen: Quiet relevance.
Invisible, though not unseen. She moves quietly, polishing the rail that so many hands have touched. The mall hums with its usual theatre and performative coolness: brands, lights, and pretty people in motion. Yet meaning…
Imagine Life Without a Soundtrack.
There’s something quietly profound about how musical memories become the soundtracks of our lives. I received a vintage kit from my dad, that he purchased around 1991. And it’s still pumping, still alive with the…
No Trophy, Just Pain: The Lie of ‘What Doesn’t Kill You…’
You know the toxic lie of “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger” That line is garbage. It’s not motivation, it’s an additional dull knife, slipped in between the already-bleeding ribs. Yeah, let’s stick in…
Shaved, Not Shaken: Pointing Out Flaws in Others and Forgetting Monk-Magic
“How do you do that?” Brian gestured toward my shaved head. “I’m decrypting this with the public key the vendors sent us.” “No, I mean, how do you shave your head?” Brian was losing hair…
When Pain Becomes Small Talk: The Lie of ‘Everything Happens for a Reason.’
When the wife of a guy from the infrastructure team committed suicide, the IT Department rallied around their colleague. On the day of the funeral, the IT Department shut down. No explanations. No exceptions. It…
Too Much to Bear: The Lie Behind ‘God Doesn’t Give You More Than You Can Handle’
“God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.” I’ve heard that many times. It’s venomous. It’s a sugar-coated and harmful lie. Some who suffer even believe it, cling to it, and therein lies the…
Coughing and Sneezing in Someone’s Face: The Phlegm of Opinion
Imagine sneezing, and splattering someone with your phlegm, intentionally. That image lives within the realm of cringe. You wouldn’t even walk over to the couple at the far end of the restaurant, and take a…
Choose Your Hunger and Freedom
Matted blonde hair was still damp from the drizzle earlier. Her partner once approached me when I purchased a burger, and I got two more for them. Maybe she didn’t recognize me, or rather adhered…
Naming your monsters.
Don’t show your monsters and don’t explain them. Some creators in the horror genre live by those rules. Well, yeah, at some point in the movie you have to show something, but initially it makes…