I’ve mentioned a couple of times before that I have a blind spot when it comes to evil intentions, and that it always catches me off-guard when people don’t want to improve themselves. I do understand that this says something about me that isn’t entirely complimentary: I am naïve. I’ve always thought of myself as […]
“Because there’s no such thing as rock stars, there’s just people who play music And some of them are just like us, and some of them are dicks” – Frank Turner, Try This at Home 40 years ago today, on May 24th, 1985, Iron Maiden played at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Accept was the […]
“I keep having dreams… …of people wrapped up tight in the things that will kill them…” – Frank Turner, I am Disappeared I’ve been thinking of Han Qing-jao lately. Qing-jao is a character in “Xenocide” which is the fourth book of the series by Orson Scott Card that started with “Ender’s Game.” There will be […]
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;” – If, Rudyard Kipling Once upon a time a woman asked me “what kind of car would you get that would signify that you’ve made it?” I think this woman had a high-end Mustang at the time but her […]
“We’ve gotten ourselves into a position where we need Democrats with courage and/or Republicans with integrity, so we may be fucked.” – Me, 2018 “We’re fucked” – Me, 2024 One of the downsides of being a pessimist is that there’s no joy in being right. I love people. Despite being an introvert and having a […]
A quick note, To the person who told me I’d end up in jail. To the person who told me I’d always be a loser. To the person who held a shotgun to my head. To the person who told me I was irredeemably selfish. To the person who told me that I would just […]