“Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this nonsense the easiest way of attaining some conjectural good.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Sep
15
The list of things that I disagreed with Charlie on was substantial, but he was a force for good in the world. He wanted to have conversations in an increasing polarized landscape and he was killed for it. If you felt any joy upon hearing about his assassination, I just want to offer you a […]
Sep
30
(originally posted 8/6/2023) It’s always tricky to write about someone who has a disability. Love might be accused of being blind but the man who is at the heart of this story is actually blind. Blindness isn’t the disability I am referring to, of course. It’s the love part. So the man in question […]
Sep
28
(originally posted 8/27/2023) The question of whether somebody needs to be dead to haunt someone… haunts him. He was hers and yet he knew she would never be his so they went their separate ways. Shortly afterwards he was told by his doctor that he had prediabetes. This came as both a bit of […]
Sep
27
(originally posted 3/8/2015) When he was asked why he prefers older women, he said it was because he needs a lover who won’t drive him crazy. One who knows the meaning of “Hey, hit the highway.” A cougar without all the Mellencamp. Whenever I see a young person smoking all I can think is […]
Sep
26
(originally posted 3/8/2015) If ants were the size of people and people the size of ants, ants would look down on us and say “Did you know they can barely lift their own body weight?” Don’t you hate when you scream out the window at a couple of dickbags on their bicycles riding on […]
Sep
24
(originally posted 8/22/2023) When I describe the intersection where I turned my car off the road the first thing you’re going to do is ask where I was coming from and where I was headed when I made this decision. I understand this and yet I don’t feel it’s as important as you might. […]
