I Believe... [To Don't List]
...that sometimes, in lieu of a To-Do list which is based on accomplishing things within the day, a To-Don’t list might be as helpful in avoiding the things that defeat us in small but significant ways.
I Believe... [Unimpressive]
...that a man who is no longer looking for a romantic partner and isn’t seeking out new friends is the most free he will ever be as he no longer has anyone he needs to impress.
I Believe... [Signed Copy, Plz]
...that the best reaction to the release of my latest book is “I’d like a signed copy. But not by you.”
I Believe... [Small Town Tenacity]
...that there are few things in society as pernicious and unrelenting as a tiny rural town in pursuit of a traffic fine. If the IRS had these hayseeds in charge of cracking down on corporations and billionaires, there would be no American debt crisis.
I Believe... [Potter Litmus]
...that the new marker of whether or not I want to engage with someone is the answer to the question “So, what do you think of JK Rowling?”
I Believe… [Age is the Number of Pounds Your Back Can Sustain]
..that, while personally moving all my stuff to a seventh floor apartment by myself makes my dude brain feel all badass, my back would like to register an official complaint to HR.
I Believe... [Adopting the Sexual Habits of Your Pets]
...that ‘sex positive’ is just another way of excusing your neighbor’s chihuahua when he humps your leg incessantly.
I Believe... [Pol Pot Wasn't a Nazi]
...that the claim that the five black officers charged with murdering another black man are agents of white supremacy is just goofy. As bad as Hitler was, you can’t pin the The Khmer Rouge on him.
I Believe... [Did You Really Live Your Experience?]
I believe... that the difference between experience and lived experience is the shift from that which all people have to branding for perceived authority.
I Believe... ['Spare' Me]
I believe... that Prince Harry is merely an avatar for an entire cohort clamoring to declare “See? I’m a victim, too! Look over here! I’m truly traumatized! Follow me on my platforms.”
I Believe... [TikTok Illness]
...that when being austistic is somehow considered a thing of pride rather than affliction, TikTok has gone too far.
I Believe... [AI Hypocrisy]
...that design artists up in arms about the AI art programs need to check their Spotify and BandCamp app libraries.
I Believe... [Santa Brought a Job]
...that the best Christmas gift I got in 2022 was a freaking job that included PTO and benefits. Hell, I might even be able to save some cash that won’t be stolen by an ex-wife in 2023.
I Believe... [Trump Cards?]
...that $99 is a steal for a Donald Trump Official Digital Trading Card but the very person who would appreciate it most can’t work his phone and is still using a 2005 Dell desktop.
I Believe... [Website Design is a Service]
...that if the government can compel a website designer to provide the service for a gay wedding, it can likewise compel another website designer to provide the service for a Neo-Nazi wedding and, in my opinion, it should in both cases.
I Believe... [The Perfect Christmas Playlist]
...that Violent Night joins my perfect Christmas playlist along with Bad Santa, The Ref, and, yes, David Himmel, Die Hard.
I Believe... [Half Full Patriarchy]
...that without the patriarchy, hundreds of OnlyFans creators with no skills but great tits would have to get jobs.
I Believe... [Be Fucking Grateful]
...that the holiday isn’t about the food or the genocide—it’s about being fucking grateful. Practice a bit of gratitude and maybe you won’t be such bitter, partisan sonofabitch. Also, grab a plate of root vegetables and offer your indigenous neighbors a blanket covered in small pox cuz covering all bases is the American way.
I Believe... [GenX Kids Were Monsters]
...that, if you’re honest with yourself, you know that you and your prepubescent friends would’ve beat E.T. with rebar and hammers, would’ve absolutely ostracized Edward Scissorhands, and would’ve taken Rick Moranis’s shrunken kids and put them in a mason jar with a firecracker.
I Believe... [Leaving Elon's Twitter]
...that the same people screaming that they’ll be leaving Twitter because Musk owns it are the exact same people who vowed to move to Canada if Trump was elected and guess what? They are full of shit. We know they’re full of shit so do we take their admonitions about anything else seriously?
...that, as we age, good footwear is more important than a girlfriend.