Keep Shaking
The ground keeps shaking. At 10:33 AM Pacific on July 4th, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California. Today, July 5th, another at 8:19 PM, magnitude 7.1. Each was followed by plenty of aftershocks. Sitting far away in my Las Vegas office, the tremors were reduced but still quite noticeable. They didn’t do any damage […]
Through Cages
I stayed away from fireworks and parties this year. The Forth of July is supposed to be a celebration of the country we were able to build together after winning our freedom and sovereignty from an oppressive foreign power. More so than even the last two years, I find it hard to stomach the thought […]
Seller’s Remorse
The USA has spent the last 235 years selling its trademark vision of freedom to the world. It might be the most successful brand marketing campaign in the entire history of mankind. We were a melting pot of the tired, poor, and huddled masses of the world, gaining strength from our diversity and collaboration of […]
Monkey Superiority
Scientists put four monkeys in a room with a ladder leading up to a bunch of bananas. Whenever one tries to climb the ladder, the scientists blast all of the monkeys with cold water from a fire hose. After the 4th or 5th time being blasted, all of the monkeys will stop trying to climb […]
Empathy Now
I can already tell that I am going to write a ton of posts on empathy. I’ll save my full personal experience for another day’s post (or hell, a whole month’s worth), but the short version is that I think I had some strong sociopathic tendencies until about 10 years ago. For me, becoming empathetic […]
This Counts
I’ve been hyping myself up for a couple of weeks, because I had a plan for today. I had picked it specifically: the halfway point for the year, start of a month, start of a week, start of many of the changes I want to make in my life. It’s important to use markers like […]