California continues to push new housing. Unaffordable apartment complexes are opening all over Los Angeles, yet the homeless population keeps growing. The same old roads carry more and more people, but no meaningful road expansion or infrastructure improvement is happening. We keep building up, but we’re not building out, and the strain is starting toContinue reading “California Love”
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Narcissism loses its head to the blade it engineered
Narcissism loses its head to the blade it engineered. I didn’t vote for Joe Biden, but I hoped he would do a good job. I didn’t wake up every day rooting for him to fail, because if a president fails, the country pays the price. I didn’t suffer from some kind of political derangement, wishingContinue reading “Narcissism loses its head to the blade it engineered”
Align in time
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”
After Dogma
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”
The Quiet Power of Fear. Operation Covid-19, the persuasion, and the modern crisis of trust.
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. “
Happy Valentine’s Day
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”
The house that Solomon built 
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 are you?
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?”
The Arbiter of Nothing
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”
Regulated Failure
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”