Can you be partially committed?
You float through pastures of tall grass. They part before you in deference. You are no Moses but the golden walls that flank you didn’t get that memo. The day is weatherless. Even with that tailwind as your chariot you notice no temperature, no air on your skin. The sun pays you homage minus those […]
Why you care about certain things
You have high ideals. There is a perfect way and you are going to make it. It won’t be made perfectly. You know this. You don’t care. And you do care. You care deeply about your vision. You care so deeply that it manifests itself physically. There’s something in your chest residing somewhere close to […]
A robot can’t be evil (which is why logic alone fails)
It can do things you and I deem evil. It can be used to make us feel evil feelings. But only a feeling being like you or I can be evil. Is it not interesting to you that we ascribe assumptions about human emotion to objects without souls? Objects which are themselves creations of our […]
Try not to vomit. Try not to cry.
I’m trying not to vomit. It’s not easy. I look over at Meredith. She’s also trying not to vomit. This makes it even harder for me not to. Someone should tell this cabby that driving like a toddler playing with a toy fire engine won’t get us to the airport any sooner. Not in stop […]
Suitable conversation for cocktail parties and ice cream socials.
What causes us to commit self-destructive acts? Why do we so often declare war on ourselves? I think about these kinds of things. Almost every day as of late. While I think about this topic a lot, I infrequently discuss it. It’s not the kind of conversation that’s suitable for cocktail parties and ice cream socials. […]
Hey, have you ever heard of Bo-taoshi?
You are perched atop a pole no girthier than a support on a screened in porch of a modest ranch in suburban America. But you’re not in America. You’re barely able to balance on the pole due to the topper that resembles a truncated lighting rod. You hold on anyway. You are the ninja. You’re […]
For goodness sake
I’m crouched down on the balls of my feet, leaning against my son’s single bed for support. There’s both a box spring and a mattress. They rise almost to the top of the spindled head board. It’s the same bed set that I used growing up. It’s half of a bunk bed set. Different mattress, […]
Do you remember when…?
The crowning jewel of my private stash of athletic displays was laid in place around 21 summers ago. The bases are loaded. I’m up to bat. The pitch comes in and I put all 70 lbs of my 13-year-0ld, stirrup wearing boy-body into this swing. I drive the ball hard past the third basemen. It’s […]
What gives you the right?
I can kill just about any idea. I’ll find you 7 things wrong with your idea right now. Time me. 1) It’s not different enough. 2) There’s too much corduroy. 3) Nobody will like it. 4) It’s too different. 5) It doesn’t smell like a real baby. 6) It won’t make people laugh. 7) There’s […]
