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Cinnamon and Vanilla
Cinnamon and Vanilla is the best flavor combination. A little sugar or a little salt on something crunchy is perfect.
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Perfect
Tonight is perfect. I can’t tell you why. I’m kinda hosting a party where I’m also the biggest guest. Or else I’ve been drinking coffee and THC tonight. Hard to tell really. Am I sufficiently objective to navigate my life or am I just high? Stay Awesome, Stay Weird, or Stay Perfectly Away!
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Disability Slurs
Stephanie and I have been arguing with a friend about the word retard. As someone who doesn’t believe in bad words just bad uses of all available words I find myself in a tough spot. I am convinced that the R word is almost universally a disability slur. Unless it’s being used in a musical…
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House and Home
Growing up I was taught that a house was not necessarily a home and that a home wasn’t necessarily a house. But some of the things that make a good house are essential for a good home. A modern house has electricity, plumbing, refrigeration, and internet. I’m not saying you can’t have a home without…
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Losing Friends
I am argumentative and sometimes crude. I can also be very passionate about ideas that I can do nothing about. I worry about losing friends. It doesn’t happen often that someone just cuts me out of their life, but it does happen. And then I second guess myself for months as to whether I was…
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Radical Islam
Trigger Warning: This post may not be legal where you live. I believe that at its heart Islam is a religion of peace. But there are 7th century ideas that do not have a place in the modern world. Killing apostates is murder. Even if it is allowed where you are God will punish you…
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Unfocused
It snowed overnight last night. I started shoveling this afternoon and got about half of it done. Then I completely forgot because I’ve been unfocused. It’s dark now and I shouldn’t shovel at night. So instead I need to go to bed early and restart the shoveling at dawn. It needs to be done before…
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Chemicals
I’m feeling off today. I’ve been taking my psych meds at erratic times and in the past couple of weeks I’ve been self medicating. I’m too old to be treating my body like a chemistry experiment. And it’s not like anyone actually wants to party with me. I’m not feeling very nice. I mean that…
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The Long Walk
There’s a little comic book tract called “The Long Walk” (you can read it online). It talks about a man who thinks for himself and puts off converting to Christianity until a later date. He meets a guy on the spacious highway who tells him he’s right, and that he doesn’t need Christianity yet, because…