When masculinity disappears for a generation

The 80s really were a golden decade. If someone says they didn't have a good time that decade, they were either too young or socially retarded. I could tell people stories about what happened. People nowadays won't believe me. They'd think I'm exaggerating. But if I told someone who also…

0 Comments

Lessons, new techniques, and improving my morning routine

Discipline is something that takes longer to develop in some folks. I was bad at it forever. High school homework? Rarely got done. I rarely came to tests prepared. Usually either forgot they occurred altogether or crammed the night before. Both, the wrong way to do things. This kind of…

0 Comments

Prudes and the American rating system

In 2000, we took our son to the theater to see a God awful movie called Mission to Mars. Before going to the movie, my son said "I want to be an astronaut." We saw the movie had a PG rating. No, not PG-13. Straight up PG. So we mistakenly…

4 Comments

The Power of Repetition

I'm an artist, not a fighter. But in junior high and high school, American football was everything to me. In junior high, I legitimately thought I was going to make the NFL. Around my sophomore year of high school, I realized it was a pipe dream and went into a…

0 Comments

Struggling with depression checklist

Contrary to popular opinion, most depression is treatable. Of course you don't hear about that because for one, a lot of people, including the super strong drug company lobby would lose a shitload of money. And for another, you've already heard my rant about how the media profits off your…

0 Comments