For many, substance abuse is a way to avoid figuring out who you are. It was for me. To learn who you really are is not easy. You must dig down through all the layers of childhood trauma and the fossilized coping mechanisms you created to deal with it. Dig until you find some little … Continue reading Addict
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Humble Selfie
“Humble selfie” is the perfect oxymoron for our times. I realize that most people who do the whole selfie thing probably have no idea what I'm talking about here. Not just that they don't know what the word oxymoron means (although most probably don't), but that they aren't able to get why it is oxymoronic. … Continue reading Humble Selfie
Cars Don’t Kill People
Cars are merely a tool designed to get people and goods from point A to point B. It is the people who misuse this tool that cause all the problems. As a believer in Freedom, I think it is completely bogus that the nanny state restricts that freedom in regards to this tool. Since the … Continue reading Cars Don’t Kill People
Sex Troubles
I am a bona fide expert at fucking up opportunities for sex. (Believe it or not, I have had them over the years.) Whatever I have going on, it must work for women in that initial attraction stage, because since high school I've very rarely been turned down when I've asked a woman out. At … Continue reading Sex Troubles
Pick a Side
Pick a side. Doesn't matter which; it is about as relevant as the name on a concert t-shirt. The important thing is that you have a brand to engage your tribalism with. Now that you know what side you're on, it's time to go hunting! Get out there and scour the web for the stupidest, … Continue reading Pick a Side
Party Time With Permanent T-Shirt Decal Enthusiasts
Party Goers: *Start talking about their tattoos* Me: “Oh look, there’s dip over there. I’ll be right back.” (I’m not coming back.) THE END
In Other News, Water Remains Wet
Oh, what's this? There's been another mass shooting in the United States? Well, of course there has. Winnipeg is cold. Okinawa gets typhoons. America has mass shootings. Anyone who knows Japan at all knows that Okinawa gets typhoons. It's a given. On a long enough time scale there will certainly be another one along. The … Continue reading In Other News, Water Remains Wet
Blurred Lines
In social media the user is simultaneously the consumer and the product; just as we are both the audience and performer. It does not end there, though. In this modern economy of commodified outrage, the offended are so often offensive in turn. It's a cycle that self-perpetuates and enriches the host of the arena. Free … Continue reading Blurred Lines
Fun at the Gas Station
In the full-service gas station and automotive shop where I worked for ten years, we had the “Go Fuck Yourself” game. How you played was: you waited until a coworker was completely engrossed in a difficult task that was obviously pissing them off. Then, from a nice safe distance, you call out their name, like … Continue reading Fun at the Gas Station
Settled
Sometimes I sit transfixed, consumed by conflicting feelings. A great doom approaches. Everything is as it should be. These notions fight; seeking an equilibrium with each other, and I am disturbed by their struggle. Yet I have come to realize, to sense, that these are not conflicting notions. A great doom approaches, and this is … Continue reading Settled
Muse Vassal 