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Tilting at Windmills. In 1605, the first edition of Don Quixote hit the shelves, or whatever humans were using to keep their books off the floor then. In it,…

Is This Good? This week we’re doing something different and hopefully upsetting. We’re going to talk about whether things that everybody seems to like are…

New Year, Old You.  2025 was bullshit. I think we can all agree. It’s 2026 now, and it’s time to throw the old body over a railing and beat it like musty rug,…

Be the Best Impostor You Can Be. In a world where everyone’s fakin’ it to make it, ain’t nobody the real deal, which means the only natural response is to…

Separating the Art from the Artist. Occasionally you encounter a piece of art, a book, a song, a painting, maybe even a performance, that moves you to the…

Transcendental Romanticism. We may come off as a little gruff and prone to fits of melancholy and wild perturbation, but really, we’re just sensitive, romantic…

In the Shadow of the Valley. Middle-age is a real problem, mainly because it comes with most of the challenges of old age, deteriorating body, addled mind,…

It Only Hurts When I Exist. Oh, we’ve all had our share of boo-boos, but a few stand out, and today we’re gonna tell our best injury and mishap stories and try…

The Sunk Time Fallacy. People have a funny way of plowing their energy into bad ideas, and once they’ve made that initial investment, they keep going just to…

Good Dope, Bad Dope. Whether you’re a street junky or not, you spend a lot of your day looking for the next little bump of dopamine. Whole oligarchies have…