Author Archives: diestl

At this stage of life, you’re not just looking for someone to pass time with, you’re looking for alignment. Chemistry. Shared rhythm. A sense of ease. You scroll through profiles and see labels, pronouns, politics worn like uniforms. Sometimes you already know it’s not a fit before the first conversation even starts. You move on.Continue reading “Align in time”

We rarely thank the sun for rising again, for warming the earth without preference or condition which keeps us alive.   We do not whisper gratitude to the moon as it traces silver pathways through darkness, quietly reminding us that even borrowed light has purpose. We seldom pause for the soil beneath our feet, forContinue reading “After Dogma”

Operation Covid-19, the persuasion, and the modern crisis of trust.  At the start of COVID, many officials and media outlets emphasized an animal origin in a Wuhan wet market. Later, some agencies said a laboratory origin was plausible. And from that moment on, every message sounds less like guidance and more like managed messaging. TheContinue reading “The Quiet Power of Fear. Operation Covid-19, the persuasion, and the modern crisis of trust. “

The word love may be the most misunderstood word ever created. We confuse it with euphoria. With newness. With butterflies and dopamine. The tremble in the chest. The intoxication of discovery. The touch that creates electricity like no other. But that is only the beginning of love, not its depth. Euphoria fades. It always does.Continue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”

Absolutely. Here it is with all hyphens removed and replaced with commas where appropriate, while keeping the cadence strong: There are Brothers who come and go. Who appear seasonally. Who show up when needed, or when in need. They are still Brothers. But what many do not see is this, Without a committed core, theContinue reading “The house that Solomon built ”

I’m not tribal. If someone who looks like you commits a crime and your first instinct is to defend them, you’re not moral, you’re afraid. Afraid that their guilt stains you. Afraid your identity can’t survive truth. If someone commits a crime, the facts don’t change because of melanin, gender, ideology, or history. I don’tContinue reading “I’m not tribal are you?”

At the turn of the century, I was working at Fox Sports, on Best Damn Sports Show Period. Tom Arnold was hosting, with John Salley and Michael Irvin. I built props for the show. Comedy sketches were written for guests, sometimes they landed, sometimes they didn’t. One day, John Leguizamo was scheduled to appear. TheContinue reading “The Arbiter of Nothing”

The best part of Facebook right now is watching the idiot fringe unfollow itself out of existence. They can’t acknowledge disagreement because it would require thought, not slogans. Once committed, reversing isn’t an option. It doesn’t matter how wrong they are. Present an opposing view and the mental engine stalls. Spark plugs blown. Reality rejected.Continue reading “Regulated Failure”

The huddles achieved together, becoming strength where the other was weak, supporting one another through strife and sorrow. Difficulties were overcome as one. Those baleful, profane with jealousy of that unity, slip into the cracks, filling them with poison. Advice arrives from those with plaques on the wall, yet unable to govern the misgivings ofContinue reading “Solve et Manere”

Don’t donate attention while something important is aligning. Next time while you’re scrolling and you see a post that upset you, stop and say, why should I care about it? Stop letting people in your head. When you comment on a thread, you don’t like, you now are in a conversation with somebody you don’tContinue reading “Guard this time”