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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…
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Book Review: Fantasticland
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven. Recommend this horror book (even though on the cover it says “thriller” I think it’s more horror.) See my video review on TikTok below. See the book through my Amazon Affiliate link here. @scooter_bae Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven #greenscreen #booktok #books #horror #horrorfiction #horrorbook ♬ original sound – Scooter_Bae
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Hordes of Dog-Biting Men! -or- Lessons Learned About News Bias and Disinformation From a Fight for my Honor
I was a teenager when the knock sounded. We weren’t expecting anyone. I answered. Two kids were in my front yard on their bikes. I was immediately suspicious. I knew them from High School. I wasn’t friends with them, but I didn’t like them. I didn’t hate them or consider them enemies, but they were…
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What I Learned From Catching a Foul Ball With My Butt
People go crazy to catch baseballs, but I caught one with the greatest of ease. Why is it that what you don’t want, you get easily, and what you do want, you have to struggle for?