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  • 7/25

    I don’t think my deodorant works well. About a week ago or so, I finished with a stick of Hey Human – the fancy one that comes in a cardboard tube. Surprisingly, that one wasn’t bad or expensive. I think it goes for some $8 at Target but was $3 at Ollie’s. It didn’t have… Read more

  • Drama – America’s fall – Two questions

    Will America fall? I think that this is two questions, honestly. It’s too ambiguous. (Version One)Will America fall?— Will it disappear? Become akin to Rome and just disappear? Is Trump Ozymandias, and will one of his statues be found in the middle of a desert a hundred years in the ruins of what was D.C?… Read more

  • 7/12

    For some reason, it bothers me when a death is widely celebrated. There’s a big universe. Billions of stars. Potentially millions of planets. As far as we know, outside of some bacteria maybe, we’re the only intelligent life in existence. (I use ‘intelligent’ VERY loosely here.) We’re unique. Our bodies are an engineering marvel. Our… Read more

  • Pepperoni Dating Theory

    A while ago, Hormel scaled back its pepperoni. Too many choices. Let’s think about this. There’s the original.TurkeyDill (WTF, where were they thinking?)CrispyJalapenoSome type that has cheese oil in itMiniLargeCrumblesLinksSalamiChorizo (what’s this?) —— How many types of pepperoni can a market support, especially given the competition? Has this already been scaled back?Where are organic, non-GMO,… Read more

  • 7/2

    Just kind of checking in. I still have the stuff oozing out of me. Still infected. Still achy. Yesterday was a bit tough. I dropped the phone while checking out mom’s baby watermelon. The screen tried to make friends with the gravel driveway. It didn’t work. The screen shattered. Friendship was not achieved. So –… Read more

  • Rand, Greenspan, and the black box

    I don’t pretend to understand the stock market, the Federal Reserve, or anything like that. From exposure to political theory, discussions, and self-education, I’d think I’d be at about a third-grade level of understanding. But when there is almost zero finance literacy being taught, I’m a titan among normies. However, I like to pretend –… Read more

  • 6/26

    We truly live in a clown world, don’t we? Well, that’s an insult to clowns. At least they bring some sort of joy (or fear) to people. Some sort of emotion. I think a lot of people are beaten into a dull acceptance – including me. I read an article about Novak – the man… Read more

  • ENG202 – May 2026 – Dear Class

    Everyone, You have astounded and amazed me in these few months. Astounded me with your sheer arrogance and ignorance. Amazed by your opportunistic privilege. I suppose, in a way, I set myself up for this a bit. I saw the AI writing in the smaller assignments early in the term. The discussion posts. The reflections.… Read more

  • Riding the Fear Wave – Got your Surfboard?

    A while ago, I was introduced to the concept of fear waves. The concept is easily understood but is often dismissed because it occurs so frequently and can take multiple years to play out simultaneously. First – a definition. A fear wave is an occurrence that causes a person, society, or a community anxiety, depression,… Read more

  • Connecting the Social Dots – Part Two. Trauma explanation

    In my last post, I made a claim that the tradwife trend is a trauma response to the increasingly fake and hollow society that is being carefully constructed by 3D bricks. I want to expand on that a bit and clarify. From the beginning, I’m thinking of ‘trauma’ as an emotional response that violates someone’s… Read more