I keep forgetting to take Before pictures, which is a shame because I’ve had to replace quite a bit. Throughout my time of driving Blue the radio and CD player have quit working, the windows stopped working, the air conditioning, the heater core, the speedometer, etc. Plenty of things have worn out, because it’s 21 [...]
Diversity
I am calling him a friend even though we haven’t talked in years. We attended the same schools and played sports together for most of our childhood and teenage years. After high school we went to different colleges and now he lives in Atlanta. He shared this and it’s worth repeating. At the time of [...]
OK Boomer
One of the stories my mother recites often goes like this. Boys, when I’m old and gray which one of you will take care of me? My brother quickly responds with something like, you can come live with me! Then my mother points her gaze in my direction with a smile. To which my response [...]
Rules For Thee
I planned to leave Twitter yesterday, but then people stormed the capitol. Seeing cognitive dissonance on full display is amazing! Remember the Tea Party when Bostonians dressed up as people that weren’t Bostonians? Dress the part, fake it till you make it. Last summer some people tried to overtake BLM marches. This produced the asterisked [...]
Botanical Sexism
By saying common sense, there is an implied and assumed common experience that provides a common knowledge. There used to be a shared library that people within a society understood. One could start a sentence expecting the audience to accurately finish the story. For example, the emperor is naked. If you are not familiar with [...]
Is That A Supra?!
This will sound sarcastic but I really do appreciate strangers stopping me in a parking lot to tell stories of when they drove a car like mine. These moments are exceptional when restoring a 22 year old vehicle. Most people do not relate to such a process, especially since buying a newer car can be [...]
10 Years Later
"Professors I respect have told me to choose between pursuing a career as an artist, musician, or author. I admit their unanimous advice is practical, but I desperately oppose such a requirement to choose a creative focus. I fervently believe being an artist, musician and author makes sense. Yet, when I explain myself to friends, [...]
Pedagogy & Education
This particular list was shared by one of my college professors. The issue is that there are holes in education. These holes are proof of propaganda. At this point let me stop to address something else. One of the things I’ve seen multiple conservatives ask is, how are Republicans to blame for current systemic racism? [...]
Testify (My Pilgrimage)
I’m going down memory lane, I’ll keep this bullet pointed. Both of my parents endured abusive upbringings. Despite this my brother and I were raised in a Christian home. My father was given faith as an adult and decided to learn Hebrew to better understand the Tanakh. As a consequence I learned the Hebrew alphabet [...]
Speaking of My Father’s Death
“I was a terrible father, but I am going to be a good grandpa.” Those were among the last words my dad spoke to me. The anniversary of his passing has occurred without much notice in recent years. Yet, this will be the first year that I am able to hold my son. Symptoms of [...]
