Pro athletes compete aggressively with each other but are often friends off the court or field. They know there is a time and place for competition, and because of their circumstances (making millions to do it no matter a win or loss) they can compartmentalize in a healthy way. After all, their literal survival does […]
Read more "On Competition"Every time I talk to Baby Boomers about how precarious our entire global situation is they always bring up the Cuban Missile Crisis to somehow undermine my point. Look, perception is not often reality, and in hindsight we know that situation was not as dangerous as it seemed then. Both countries knew it was mutually […]
Read more "A Brief Reflection on the State of the World"note: This is a previously unpublished piece written in March 2017
Read more "How Invasive Species are Destroying America: Chaffetz coypus"I’ve been following this subject for awhile and came across a reddit comment that neatly and perfectly organized the troubling relationships Trump has with Putin allies and Russian mobsters. Forgive me as I forgot the commentor’s user name, but feel free to do your own research.
Read more "A Comprehensive List of Trump’s Close Ties to RUSSIA"So I accidentally wrote an essay on stupidity in response to an article about stupid people having more friends. My accidental essay was responding both to the main article and a comment claiming it was more about introverts vs extroverts. I think I make sense here, and for this being a stream of thought, I […]
Read more "Accidental Essay on Stupidity"“I am the river and I will take you to the sea. And we got by, Floating in the water singing, “Hallelujah”, Waiting on the lord, To bring us back home.” ~Behold the River by The Snake The Cross The Crown ************************************************************ In the prologue of the book, The Mills at Winooski Falls, Bert […]
Read more "Wild Onions on the River (Chapter 43 from Life on a Treadmill)"We are all one race but we are not all one. We all have traditions and cultures unique to our communities and social circles. Not all of those cultures or traditions are positive either. It’s important we learn the value of context before we try to make ourselves feel good about things that should bother […]
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