My thoughts on life, love, current events, society, pop culture, happiness, and stupid stuff. Mostly stupid stuff.
(Originally published on Medium on September 11, 2019) I am not a religious person, although I would not go so far as to characterize myself as an atheist. Even that is too big of a commitment for my ideas on spirituality and anything beyond the life I’m living now. The truth is I can’t conceive …
(originally published on Medium October 3, 2019) Capitalism was meant to be a boon to the masses, the savior of the poor and the great equalizer that exposed the lies of the centuries-old European aristocracy. In many ways, capitalism has fulfilled those promises and more. The 20th century, often dubbed The American Century, sparked an …
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(Originally published on Medium October 7, 2019) If like me, you are over fifty, I mean thirty, I mean twenty-fi…….two, then in all likelihood you have at some point been perplexed by the usage of online acronyms or “net lingo”. I actually only found out that it’s called “net lingo” when I googled “online acronym” …
(Originally published on Medium September 28, 2019) In March 2019, I lost my job. It was the second time in five years that I had been laid off from my full-time finance job, not counting two miserable experiences as a temporary, contract employee to fill the gaps in between full-time employment. This is an industry …
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(Originally published on Medium September 12, 2019) My son is twelve years old, on the cusp of thirteen. He is tall for his age, handsome with dark curly hair and dimples. He has a friendly, easy nature. He is a top student, making the honor roll every single term. He is the captain of his …
(Originally published on Medium on December 5, 2019) I have dogs. Lots of dogs. Four of them, to be exact. Four tiny, blonde,mostly-long-haired, high energy, yapping cairnoodles. For the uninitiated, a cairnoodle is fifty percent cairn terrier/ fifty percent poodle/one hundred percent pure comedic terror. Before we get into a few of the many things …
