Month: February 2018

Joined an in-progress conversation at a party. A woman was about to say something, paused and whispered to me, “Did you vote for Trump?” I replied, “You realize I’m black, right?” She smiled and then continued to make her point. She understood the, “And I’m not in the sunken place” was...

Just accidentally listened to a pair of $300 noise cancelling headphones. Now I fear I’ll be racked with the same disappointment I feel when flying since that one time they upgraded me to First Class. Desire is the root of all suffering....

There’s a milk commercial that claims “9 out of 10 U.S. Olympians grew up drinking milk.” It bothers me; so I look up the statistic and confirm my suspicion. Nine out of ten *people* in the U.S. consume milk as children. That commercial would be true for pretty much anything. 9/10 U.S. serial killers grew up drinking milk. 9/10 sufferers of male pattern baldness grew up drinking milk. 9/10 U.S. Neo-Nazis grew up drinking milk. Using the truth to...