Tricky Relativity

  • It doesn’t make sense to me that 2021 is to 2001 what 2001 was to 1981, or even crazier: what 1981 was to 1961?! ’21 and ’01 just don’t seem ‘that’ far apart, both socially and technologically. Well…that is until you look at the two years through the lens of Toyota Camry design. Things start…

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  • It’s all a conspiracy. No, really, it is.

    As an avid sci-fi fan/(sometimes) writer, I find the schlockiness of some of these conspiracy theories insulting. Sometimes I even feel compelled to join in with a little wildness of my own, but I don’t. That would be kinda assholish. Also, I get it. It’s just a form of ‘deep’ pretend; Dungeons & Dragons writ…

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  • Licking Wounds

    With empathy severely lacking and an (over) reliance on tunnel-vision, identity-pandering propaganda, it’s easy to see how folks on Both Sides™ can perceive our current situation in such absurdly night-an’-day ways. But ironically, there is a ‘violence’ in these dual perspectives that fuses them. It’s like an intense sexual urge. And when lust takes over…

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  • The Outrage Loop

    Everybody’s not offended by everything. We just have access to a Library of Alexandria’s-worth of opinion. Perhaps the bigger issue is why some of us are so ‘triggered’ by those who are offended. It may have something to do with the uncomfortable angst they inspire. Social Justice Warrior™’s eyeroll-inducing overcompensation allows us to (seemingly) easily…

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  • Revolutionary Empathy

    The most troubling bit about the rash of stories involving unarmed civilians killed by authority figures that have dominated the news cycle over the last couple years isn’t their seeming frequency. Yes, the fact that there seems to be a new one every few days is beyond alarming, but despite what social and the news…

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  • Some shit about Paul Thomas Anderson…

    In my late teens, early 20s I had a love/hate relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson. At the time I was an aspiring filmmaker and I couldn’t get over how ridiculously young Anderson was when he, not only wrote, but directed flicks like “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” (all released before he turned 30). I…

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  • Near Humans

    Most of the time when my brother’s cat is incessantly mewing at me I have no idea what the little dude wants, and I can tell this frustrates him ’cause his mews take on an impatient, whiny tone…but in those rare moments when I figure out what he’s ‘saying’ we have these great ‘we did…

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  • The Dysfunction Loop

    “Look, here’s how this is gonna go: You’re gonna pander to me, cater to all my whims, no matter how silly or self-destructive they may seem. After some time doing this I’m gonna start questioning your backbone. Even start wishing aloud that I had a stronger man. This is gonna piss you off. Like to…

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  • More Broken Record Shit

    “All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distortion Field is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.”  –2001 MacRumors.com forum entry critical of the then yet-to-be-released iPod. As I say often, ‘myopia is a helluva drug,’ but I’m gonna…

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  • True Confidence

    For years I felt I couldn’t ‘compete’ with other men for the affections of women. I didn’t feel I had ‘enough’ of what it took to ‘win’ them; I wasn’t that dominant alpha muthafucka that I thought they desired. What I’m starting to realize NOW (work-in-progress) is that being an ‘alpha’ male has nothing to…

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