Almost every change I've made in my life has been for the better. Yeah, bad things happen. People die, gravy trains end, relationships go bad, Chipotle's Chiptopia Summer comes to a close. What are those bad things, though? Are they things I did? Rather, they are externalities. They are things... Continue reading

Everyone thinks they are better than everyone else. That's just sort of how human beings are. Not necessarily consciously thinking to themselves "I am better than everyone else, I am awesome," but more existential, caveman stuff. You know, "I wish to stay alive so I will hunt and eat animals... Continue reading

Ahh, football season. Cooler weather. 30,000 people in my small town that weren't here all summer. The ups and downs of Fall, in all their glory, have arrived. Of course, Fall itself hasn't actually arrived and won't until September 22 but the parts of it that effect my life most... Continue reading

There is an art to arguing. Of course there is, there are countless books on the subject and entire college courses and clubs based on the practice. There are TV shows, possibly even networks, seemingly based on poor examples of arguing. Arguing done properly can be fun and useful. Arguing... Continue reading

Here are a few things I'm reading/watching/listening to/thinking about this week... Eliminating politics I should have done this a long time ago. Could there be a worse use for social media than griping about politics? I like social media and want to use it. I like who I follow and... Continue reading

I want to talk to one of the Google Street View car guys. Or gals, I suppose, if you have a stick up your butt. So you get a job with Google and you're on top of the world. Low pay to start, but good benefits and prestige. You show... Continue reading

Everything there is to do has been done. For every idea there is somebody who will tell you "oh, that's over with." They mean well, perhaps they are even right. Unfortunately the alternative is inaction, a life of drudgery and empty pleasures with no real accomplishment or satisfaction. For instance,... Continue reading

Sports aren't real. Wins and losses are just something we make up, like gold stars in elementary school. Nobody is any better or worse for having won or lost a sporting event. Phil Mickelson was Phil Mickelson back when he was "the best to never win a major" and Sergio... Continue reading

The Hornets were cool, then not cool, and now they're cool again. At least that's what I am telling myself, because that's what I thought. My formative years of the late 1980's and 1990's were spent in the Triangle following three separate and important segments of the basketball world -... Continue reading

The Hornets were cool, then not cool, and now they're cool again. At least that's what I am telling myself, because that's what I thought. My formative years of the late 1980's and 1990's were spent in the Triangle following three separate and important segments of the basketball world -... Continue reading

Yeah, it may be a little narcissistic to think that anyone would care what things I'm into currently, but I enjoy these kinds of lists when others make them so here goes. 11/22/63 by Stephen King. This is a mini-series on Hulu now, but I'm almost done with the novel.... Continue reading

It seems to me that the only time there starts to be anything wrong with living in a small pond is when you forget you live in a small pond. My place of residence is a very small pond, yet there are people here that believe it to be much... Continue reading

For the first time in my life I've been battling sleeplessness. I'm not sure why. In fact, most of my life I've battled sleeping too much and missing things. I guess turnabout is fair play because now I roll around in bed for hours and can't turn off my brain.... Continue reading

Part of my problem is that I get caught up in the negatives of life. I can find humor and a bit of stress relief in mocking things I find stupid, worthless or wrongheaded, and I'm dadgum good at it. The problem with that is you get lost in the... Continue reading