Wednesday Motivational: Apologies

When I’m at peak misanthropy, I wonder about all the importance given to apologies. Nobody’s perfect, everyone says. It’s an accepted truth, such as “people make mistakes”, “shit happens”, “I’m a Gemini”, and other gems of exculpation. And sure, admitting being wrong is a big ask: Who the hell wants to

Wednesday Motivational: Perspective

This is the last week of the 2023 season for NFL fans, the biggest fans of convoluted calendars since the Aztecs. Ask anyone about the 2015 playoffs and what NFL fans mean is: the games played between January 9 and Owl L, 2016. If even identifying a precise calendar year

Wednesday Motivational: Distractions

I stumbled upon a clip of Keyshawn Johnson talking to Michael Irvin about Taylor Swift sinking the Chiefs, a theory advanced by Skip B— —ayless [burps] sorry. It was harrowing, I tells ya. Just a mass of hawt gas and criticizing Swift overexposure and therefore driving the overexposure: a perfect circle

Wednesday Motivational: Xmas Music Special

Hello hello. Happy Holidays, which I wish earnestly. Not everybody celebrates Christmas, but nobody is clear from its tornado of consumerism and reliculous traditions. Stores get crowded, traffic gets worse and everywhere you go, there it is, again: Xmas music, melodious browbeating of JESUS, BUY, CHRIST, PAY, LORD and so

Wednesday Motivational: Appreciate, Reflect, Repeat.

Good morning, folks. I’m stepping in for tWBS in writing this Motivational because he’s still dead. Three years… Wow. Luv ya man [pours black coffee over kitchen ants]. I think about tWBS at least weekly, on account of his commitment to post something positive every Wednesday, even when he didn't want