The Ever-Nagging Remnant of Tribalism.

Mother of Your God, why, why, why must I lower myself to their level? Why can’t I just do what smarter people do easily and just ignore these goddamn idiots? Why do I verbally spar with these baboons over the stupidity that is racism? Why do I always get sucked in? [...]

They Both “Come” From the Earth.

Last night I met up with a friend from a far away land. We hit the streets of Manhattan running. Hold. We weren’t even walking by The City’s standards. Mostly, we crawled along the Lower East Side as my friend took endless pics of random… randomness. I bet the best [...]

So I almost died today…

I’m a firefighter, and while we had a minor fire today, it wasn’t there that my life nearly ended. Our department has a fireboat. It’s a beautiful piece of equipment, probably worth two or three million dollars. Supposedly, there’s a class coming up soon, where I can be a certified fireboat sailor [...]

The End of Productivity…but not really.

The end is here, my friends…or is it?
In parts 1 and 2 of The Productivity series I’ve made a case for the illusions we use to convince ourselves of anything but the only Truth concerning the human race. In short, Sex = Success.
In closing, I will touch upon certain factions of society which might [...]

Productivity is almost a lie.

I’m going to try to make this short and sweet, just like me. Productivity is almost a lie. Check it out: all of our lives, we’re pushed to be productive. It’s the only way to be if we’re to consider ourselves successful by any means. Procrastination, laziness, and being idle [...]

Nathaniel and David

We were in Ruth’s house, all dressed up with no place to go. The sun was still high in the L.A. sky, and my little brother David was serving himself some orange juice, looking at me with disappointed eyes. The scene was blurred  and sun-washed, the edges as if the camera man had [...]

On yet another sleepless night before work…

…he had experienced something like an Imperative Reaction. His mind was a flutter, a shattered mirror, wrapped around itself like a Coil. His only respite came in the form of a dream, yet all he could remember was crossing a river, walking on water, carrying a Skinny Puppy. Sleepy, tired, yet restless, [...]

Missed Connections: Online Dating.

Posted by anonymous:
“I decided to take the plunge at the end of last year and join match.com. I don’t know what anyone else’s experience with this site has been, I thought it would be an interesting way to meet members of the opposite sex, since the bar scene just wasn’t doing it for me. I [...]

Power and Weakness

I find pleasure, and a definate sense of power from the following:
My introverted nature and intuition provide me with the liberty of not ever having the need of another being’s approval.  I’m very comfortable in my own skin.  I’ve met thousands of people who cannot honestly say the same.  If there is a Hell, it [...]

2:36am EST

That’s the time.  I should be sleeping.  I have to be at work at 7am.  I will work a 24hr shift.  I should be sleeping.
It’s 2:42am now. 
At work, we’re allowed to go to sleep after 10pm, and it’s not frowned upon to catch a catnap after morning responsibilities.  Doesn’t sound too bad, eh?  I won’t [...]