Month: September 2017

Every morning, after taking care of my mom’s needs, and getting things in order, I take some time to read the news, which is always a mistake, because ignorance is clearly bliss. That said, if I’m going to be miserable, I’m going to be informed in my misery. I cannot abide ignorance, even at the…

  Days where the sky is overcast, but it’s windy and warm. I like watching little old people holding hands and walking down the sidewalk together. I like the cool side of the pillow. I like sauerkraut and kielbasa mixed with peas. I like walking barefoot down the driveway, and feeling the grit of the…

What is legal is not always moral or ethical, and what is moral and ethical is not always legal. We live in a society that likes to walk the line of thought that says if it’s legal it’s okay, and if it’s illegal it’s not okay. Of course I’m simplifying an extraordinarily complex issue into…

  I am a socialist. I find the capitalist system to be corrupt, and while no system is flawless, socialism’s goals are inherently based on the advancement of human compassion rather than human greed. There is a *great* deal more to it than that, and I will cover it eventually, but for now, I can…

So I’m sure some folks noticed the significant increase in posts this past week. I seemed to be pouring some especially strong pathos onto the sidewalk.  Part of it has to do with my depression, of which most of you are aware. The vast majority of it, though has to do with the mind-breaking panic…

  We all have them: demons. I’m not talking your classic spiritual spook, or satanic specter. I’m referring to our inner feelings, the ones that stay covered under masks of supposed normalcy. If you think you’re the only one who walks with these horrible thoughts, and feelings, you are mistaken. Every single soul who walks…

National Suicide Awareness & Prevention Month. Do You Feel Bullied? Teased? Outcast? Different from Everyone Else? You Are Not Alone. Every day, in places all over the world, people are bullied for no other reason beyond the simple fact that they are different in some way; perhaps they like different TV shows, maybe they practice…

  This isn’t an expression of gender dysphoria, nor is it a statement where I wish to change my sex (not that I would necessarily complain, in all honesty). This is about the movie Wonder Woman, which I finally got to see today. Impatient to just wait for the movie on Blu-Ray (Sept. 19th), I…

I have a terrible self image. I am ashamed of my body on so many levels. In a discussion on how we see ourselves, I told a friend when I looked in the mirror, all I saw was a hairy blob of flesh hanging off of a factory second frame. If that conjures queasy images…

20 years ago, I could have never envisioned the situation I’m in these days. Knowing me at the time, I would have probably called such a vision of the future a lie borne from the depths of Hell, a trick of Satan to demoralize me. I don’t think Satan would ever be that cruel to…