July 30th, 2024 Hey, you. Yeah, you! This is a reminder post. When I first got sober over six years ago, I wrote about it a lot. I did that for several reasons (probably because I was still a little drunk, lol), but the most important was simple: I didn’t see anybody in my lifeContinue reading “If You’re Struggling…”
Tag Archives: Growth
Familiar, If Not Forgotten
July 25th, 2024 I just saw Deadpool & Wolverine and I need to talk about it, but not actually about it, and I promise (I PROMISE) no spoilers here (for real, I am very serious about this). No, I really want to talk about Carl Jung and change (the personal kind, not loose). When weContinue reading “Familiar, If Not Forgotten”
a little fucking better
July 17th, 2024 I’ve been thinking a lot about my mom today because I’ve been thinking a lot about change. Before she passed I was very anti-change, because she was here and who would want to move on from that? Years ago I was asked to write and sing a chorus for a spoken wordContinue reading “a little fucking better”
Milk Milk Lemonade
July 8th, 2024 What if we encouraged children to be kind and caring instead of conditioning them to be shrewd business-people? I thought about this as we drove past a 50-cent lemonade stand the other day. I can usually have good conversations and constructive arguments with people, except when they’ve been brainwashed about a fewContinue reading “Milk Milk Lemonade”
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
June 14th, 2024 It’s both alarming and comforting that the way we act on the internet isn’t anything new, if you look into the history of humanity at all. I watched the epic Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home from 2005 on PBS this afternoon. (“Epic” as in I watched all three-and-a-half hours of itContinue reading “The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind”
phony
June 10th, 2024 Last week, some guy called me a phony. The details don’t matter. Personally, I feel like his assessment was incomplete and under-researched, a woefully short-sighted review. But it’s funny how certain words and sentiments can get to us, so deep under our skin we can’t scratch it, regardless of whether the personContinue reading “phony”
May
May 16th, 2024 May used to be my favorite month, and now it’s the hardest. It’s not fair, which is perfect because my dad spent my childhood preparing and then reminding me that life would never be. I was born on the first of May, she was born on the last, and her day —Continue reading “May”
Announcement: You Can Do What You Want
May 10th, 2024 Big updates on Brushfire, Jojo, Maple Island, a new short story collection coming out later this month, the event this Saturday, and a little reminder that you can do whatever you want in this life.
Manual Transmission
May 6th, 2024 One of the best parts of sobriety (and there are so many good parts; for example, I remember what happened every day for the past six-and-a-half years for better or, occasionally, for worse) is that most of the lessons I’ve learned while recovering have nothing to do with sobriety at all. IContinue reading “Manual Transmission”
With Great Stupidity Comes No Responsibility
April 29th, 2024 Human beings are objectively both the most intelligent and stupidest species on the planet and, yes, that includes you. One of my favorite writers, Brian Klaas, wrote yet another phenomenal essay last week about this topic and, while you should read the whole thing, I just want to share the piece thatContinue reading “With Great Stupidity Comes No Responsibility”
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