The outside of the pot doesn’t touch the food. Continue reading Meaningless aphorisms I just made up.

In my experience on this here earth, evil always wins. The benefit has been that there is far more good than evil in the world, so the effects are muted. Continue reading Hot Take II

The sound of a quill scratching across parchment centered us as a civilization. Continue reading Hot Take

I’m a pop music fan. I love a good pop song. And when you’ve got cross-over appeal and immaculate production, it’s a confection hard not to gorge on. So how is it that this wasn’t the biggest hit of the decade? Wear headphones (not ear-buds) if you really want to enjoy the production. And yeah, thanks to whoever does advertising for Target for bringing this song to a wider audience.         Continue reading Talk about Pop Music

I would like to personally move towards something like ‘Content-less Fridays’. A full day would be great, especially in conjunction with ‘content-less’ extended periods of time every day. No screens (except as needed solely for work). No mindless feed-scrolling on the phone. No TV. No streaming. No checking CNN. No TV-on-in-the-background. No Facebook. No nothing. Also, no radio, Spotify, no consumption of any media whatsoever. No music, no reading, neither books nor magazines. You may look at nature, or art (in person only, not online, no instagram, no pictures on your phone).   You may interact with yourself, your friends, … Continue reading Content and Screen

This Bobby Caldwell song is pretty-much perfect, but the last two minutes or thereabouts is irrefutably so. Continue reading Perfect things

I always think I’m looking for ‘Screen Kiss’, by Thomas Dolby, which is a fine song in its own right, but really what I’m looking for is this: The Flat Earth, also by Thomas Dolby. Be advised it’s pretty nerdy post-new-romantic keyboard stuff.   In other news, I bet the Lion of Zimbabwe is feeling hopeful right now. Hit this tune to get your body and soul moving. Continue reading Dolby Mapfumo