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Post-Doom Redux
when the circumstances of your life are so anti-fragile that not even the apocalypse can hurt you
The Thing Before the Thing
People come to the cushion expecting calm. That’s the retail version. You sit down and you are a swirling mass of crazy inside a swirling mass of crazy, and the practice is not to still it. The practice is to stop pretending there’s a version of you that stands outside it.
Genius, Then and Now
I saw this quote in a comments section the other day.
Square One
Sometimes people drift apart. That’s the surface tale. Two bodies in one space, air thinning, nothing dramatic—just distance settling like dust.
Mind the Gap
I’ve never been good at belonging. Even as a kid I would sit in class and feel the distance. Like everyone else was in on a big secret. That feeling never really left. There’s always been a thin pane
Testing the Field
I decided to test the field.
Post-Doom
I'm post-doom. I doom-spent until the credit dried up and blew away. I doom-scrolled until I learned more than I ever wanted to know. I doom-worked in a doom industry that made me feel like doom, unti
And Then One Day
There are some things an older guy just shouldn’t do—unless he’s prepared to pay the price. Don't play ball with younger men—you'll break things. Don't chase younger women—they will break things.
Rebuilding My Life At 68
In my prior couple posts I have detailed how I find myself back at the starting line at age 68. Partly by happenstance, mostly by choice, I'm in the throes of a great transition. I won’t rehash the st
70
I have been around for a while now, done a lot of things, lived a lot of lives, to be honest. But one thing that I became caught me by surprise. A thing that I never expected. Or planned for. I have
Stuff
2025, for me, has been the year of letting go. One object after another, what once seemed essential, has slipped into the simpler category of stuff. If you immediately jump to the George Carlin comedy
Lord Byron in the 21st Century
There's something mystical and alluring about romantic love. You know that kind of love. It's not about lust but about the bliss and awe we experience just from being in the presence of that one wonde
After the War
From Dollar Store ramen to Michelin stars. Signed the contracts, signed the divorce papers, performed the human repertoire. I did the performance nobody claps for, dragging every ugly, frightened, pompous, wounded piece of me onto the stage and making them take a bow too. Kept it there until the whole cast could stand there without a knife fight.
Oracles of the Bard
I’m building an oracle deck that doesn’t behave like the ones you’ve seen before. It isn’t based on tarot, or any other standard platform. It is an 88-card study of recursion and coherence. Curious to
Relearning
My story is a microcosm of the story of modern America. You can follow my story in prior posts or over on YouTube, so I won't go into it here. Suffice to say I have lived well beyond my means for most
Lopsided Love
Some distances cannot be closed. Some people will move at a speed you were never meant to match. Some people will slip through your fingers no matter how tightly you hold. Some people can care deeply