My cousin needs help moving and I offered my brother's services. Which is always a problematic situation in my eyes. For the following reasons: My brother doesn't appreciate being signed up for things by other people. I don't know what else is on my brother's plate right now. It damages my brother's relationship with my … Continue reading Offering services →

Wild nature is great for learning and exploring but there's something very satisfying in curated nature.For example to come across a fallen tree might spark a journey into learning more about trees  You might walk around it and wonder what caused it. You might try and lift a branch and feel how heavy it is.But to … Continue reading Wild v curated →

It's harder to argue personal history. If I were to say people with Tourettes get beat up much more than people without it. I imagine the twittersphere would immediately ask for stats and studies to back that statement up. But then you watch a movie like 'I Swear' and you see someone with Tourettes telling … Continue reading Personal v stats →

The critic has no ideas of their own. They're just looking for something to criticize. They don't appreciate the difficulties facing the man in the arena. They just want to tell you it's wrong and let you do all the problem solving. But a collaborator voices their concerns, immediately follows up with their suggestions for … Continue reading Critics and collaborators →

It's funny how misogynists aren't gay. Like if you truly hated women surely you would cut them out of your life entirely. But it's like the universe's ironic joke that they have to engage with women because to be gay is even worse in their eyes.

One way monogamy was how they described it.So he could sleep whoever he wanted and she had to stay loyal to him.And Louis asked her all the right questions.You're ok with him sleeping with other women whenever he wants?It doesn't upset you at all?It sounded like she knew the full extent of it too.He wasn't … Continue reading One way monogamy →

Watching the Louis Theroux documentary about the manosphere, reminds me of the quote:The devil can quote scripture to his own endBecause they seem to touching upon a lot of observations with some truth in them but coming to the wrong conclusion in my opinion anyway.Yes it's important to take control of your life but it … Continue reading Manosphere →

I think the path to lasting fulfillment lies in dealing with the monotony of everyday life. Holidays are great. They can be novel and switch up the scenery but you can't be on a holiday for the rest of your life. Eventually you'll come across some adversity to keep the holiday going, whether that means … Continue reading Everyday monotony →

I remember watching a documentary where a Google employee felt disenchanted with the use of technology. He felt we were overusing it at great cost. So he wrote an essay and shared it with all his colleagues. The colleagues loved it! They heaped praise on him and shared it around. It was received as well … Continue reading Of course no change →

Stop me if you've heard this one before.. Wide eyed ambitious type dreams big, relinquishes morales to make it big, and then ultimately finds a sweet spot of integrity and ambition and corrects life accordingly. It's a tale as old as time but I think the reason 'The Devil Wears Prada' did so well was … Continue reading Devil Wears Prada →