Situational Anxiety

I got my second shot of the Moderna vaccine. Even though I am at peak immunity, I’m not eager to be around the herd. To tell the truth, I recently experienced a considerable amount of anxiety at an outdoor gathering even though most were masked, and those without masks were vaccinated. People offered their hands … Continue reading Situational Anxiety →

Iverson, Ionesco, and the Media Riot

Over the past week I found myself rather focused on the details of the incident in Buffalo involving the elderly man pushed to the ground and left to bleed by riot cops. The facts are as stated. Two officers were suspended pending an investigation for their role in the incident. Most major TV news outlets … Continue reading Iverson, Ionesco, and the Media Riot →

Misspent Youth

Among the features of my misspent youth were high school keg parties held by the hicks my group normally disdained. I write “keg parties” somewhat ironically in so much as it makes me sound like a middle aged man (which I am) who has come across his child’s “drug pipe.” Never would I have referred … Continue reading Misspent Youth →

A List: One of Many

Lists used to be for laundry. We made lists to remind ourselves of the tedious details of daily life that needed attention. 1) Send a thank-you to Aunt Pat for the Christmas pajamas. 2) Water the bougainvillea! et cetera. In the digital age, we make lists to entertain ourselves. Now lists exist to divert us … Continue reading A List: One of Many →

Geek Culture

Right around the turn of the New Year in 2011, Patton Oswalt wrote a piece for WIRED magazine in connection with his very funny book, Zombie, Spaceship, Wasteland. He suggested that geek culture is dead. He wrote that because what we used to perceive as geek culture—comics, obsessions with rare movies or television shows, and … Continue reading Geek Culture →