Last essay for 2025…. For some, the Yin-Yang symbol is a cool pendant. A tidy depiction of binary opposites: darkness and light. But hang on, pilgrim. Is it? People say we should chase away the…
Disconnection is the big one. The central fracture that creates more misery in the mind than almost anything else in this messy thing called human relationships. It is difficult as hell to understand what people…
Threads explode. Names get mentioned. People defend cyberbullying. Others recount past experiences in painful detail. The outrage moves into the churn. And here’s the thing. Very little action follows. Am I also guilty of…
I sometimes revisit old essays and think, ‘What a load of shit.’ But this piece still retains the essence of what I felt a year ago, almost to the day. The Loneliness in December. Drop…
There was no orchestrated mayhem. No drums, bonfires, or initiation rituals. I joined a support group for males during a low point in my life. And the experience was great. Instead of getting my token…
“Jesus Dude!” The guy in red sidestepped to the left. But The Crusader hadn’t lunged at him; he fell to the right, into the industrial-strength foliage growing on the curb. His makeshift cross suffered no…
I have always been fascinated by non-Latin writing systems. Chinese characters, Japanese kanji, Arabic calligraphy, and Korean hangul feel dense and meaningful. Each symbol looks like a small object, not a thin line in a…
I graduated from university with majors in English and psychology. This dude was geared to infuse the mundane thoughts and creative exploits of everyone “out there” with his newfound armamentarium of excellence. But first, before…
Corporal Rockjaw was unusually amicable that day. He told us that if anyone thought the mess hall food was shit, they should write their complaint on a list, add their force number and ID, and…
Some questions cut back. They keep returning, century after century, generation to generation. They will stalk us as long as we are human and still failing at being it. Even when the machines rule, the…