June 15, 2025 “The world is on fire, my life is bonkers busy and I’m supposed to be sitting here worrying about ‘ingredients’?”  Well, we shouldn’t really be actively worrying about anything; but all of the stupid shit that’s been making our lives ‘bonkers’, can be worrisome.   Many of the things we carry an unhealthy…

June 8, 2025 At some point we were all artists.  Proof is hanging on the walls in just about every Kindergarten classroom; or in old video clips of us as children, random laundry wrapped around our bodies as we prance around the living room, belting our heart out into a spatula with moms bra swinging…

June 1, 2025 The other day I heard someone mention that people who are over-privileged complain more than those who have experienced a certain degree of suffering or hardship in their existence.  A child who is spoiled rotten, for example, may possess a tendency to bleat more about the little things that are not going…

May 25, 2025 Imagine our individual lives as prototypes for future species to be studied, interpreted and modeled after (you can substitute ‘species’ with robots or aliens or something).  What would we have them “learn” about through us on a personal scale?   “Well it looks like our subject Dale here spent most of his time…

May 18, 2025 I’ve often said to my kids that everyone is entitled to change their mind.  In fact, it’s often encouraged under the  appropriate circumstances.  And while many of us wish to consider ourselves to be open minded, how often do we actually allow our opinions to be swayed?  Whether it’s through an introspective…