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How I Defeated a Depressing Workplace With a Tricycle

Now It Can Be Told: Why I Performed For Two Minutes On a Tricycle While Wearing My Beanie Copter In Front of Hundreds of Co-Workers and the CEO at My Old Job Many Years Ago Nervous and Sweating I was nervous, sweating, close to passing out, but I had my mission and I said to myself, I will not fail. I stepped to the front of the packed, humid ballroom. I was carrying a tricycle. I was not dreaming. The whole experience was utterly ridiculous, yes, but also horrifyingly real.… Read More »How I Defeated a Depressing Workplace With a Tricycle

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Helping a Depressed Friend Buy a Gun

What We Can Learn from an Appalling Lack of Situational Awareness. “I’m depressed,” my acquaintance posted on Facebook. You’ve probably seen similar testimonials. Someone shares a deep secret on social media. In this case, as expected and warranted, many friends offered their support, their love. It was one of those moments when you think social media can be a beautiful thing. Then, a week later, the same guy posted requesting advice on how to buy a gun. His friends began offering tips on what handgun would be best for him.… Read More »Helping a Depressed Friend Buy a Gun

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Blog Rewind: Is it okay to cheer or laugh that someone died? Or, are The Darwin Awards funny?

Here’s a bit of philosophy from 28 January 2008. It’s a blog titled, in a most un-SEO-friendly way: “When is it okay to cheer or laugh that someone died? Or, are The Darwin Awards funny?” This first question re-appeared recently, following footage of stalwart opponent of the working class, Senator Mitch McConnell, freezing mid-sentence at a press conference. The questions arose again. Is it okay to wish someone dead? What if that person is a known oppressor? So, I ask you, when is it okay to cheer or laugh that… Read More »Blog Rewind: Is it okay to cheer or laugh that someone died? Or, are The Darwin Awards funny?

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Blog Rewind: Hustle Culture before there was Hustle Culture

I’m Done Reading Get-Rich-Quick “I Made X Dollars Writing About Y” Articles Blog Rewind: This one was published a while back in 2022, when I got sick of these types of articles. Nothing has changed except I’m no longer disappointed because I avoid them. Before the internet, before “hustle culture,” there were print and classified ads. These ads were a mix of anything. Some read simply, “Send me a dollar and I’ll tell you how to make $100.” When you sent in your dollar, the reply you got — the… Read More »Blog Rewind: Hustle Culture before there was Hustle Culture

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Blog Rewind: How Hate Can Bring Us Together (Is the Path to Heaven is Paved with Evil Intentions?)

Over the years, I’ve posted several blogs all across the net on now defunct websites. Blog Rewind revisits these old posts, touched up for modern times. This one, originally published April 2010. I’ve always distrusted pretty-sounding quotations. Too many people think that just because a statement is said concisely, or a famous person said it, or it has a poetic ring, that it’s true. Context doesn’t matter. It’s “set it and forget it” for the mind. More like “just repeat and your thinking’s complete.” This happens all the time when… Read More »Blog Rewind: How Hate Can Bring Us Together (Is the Path to Heaven is Paved with Evil Intentions?)