I Believe… [Why Parler Failed]
...that it turns out people who troll on social media are not addicted to sharing ideas but to calling each other names. Hence, the rapid rise and rapid fall of Parler.
The Social Worker
I got a call. I needed to go to a home. A redneck case. Trailer trash in an apartment. Truancy issue with a 6th grader, as if showing up to school was going to change his future.
The Pandemic Was Foretold by the Wachowskis
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of December 6, 2020
The only people who care about Hanukkah are bored Jews and gentiles trying to be nice.
“Cat Misses Jump” Misses the Mark — A Film Review
That’s :18 seconds of my life that I will never get back.
I Like to Watch | I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is the most Charlie Kaufman film in his canon.
I Believe... [Who’s Fragile Again?]
I believe... that it’s interesting how people who are enraged, offended, and describe everything they dislike as ‘violence & harm’ believe that it is everyone else who is showing ‘fragility.’
Thirty-One Years
An old bear, kept in a chest, waiting to see his person once again.
Silence Most Definitely Does NOT Equal Violence
What ‘silence = violence’ really means is “...you’re free to agree, but disagreement or neutrality are expressly violent acts. And since I have every right to defend myself then maybe I’ll just break some windows and burn up some stuff.”
The Sax
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 29, 2020
Watching The Crown, I saw the pretext that read: “The following episode includes scenes of an eating disorder which some viewers may find troubling. Viewer discretion is advised. Information and resources for those struggling with eating disorders are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com” I thought, Oh, yay! Diana is back in this episode!
Call Thru The Metal
And the tendril is the spark is the stem creeping a creep ominous and slow from the poisonous spotted orchid named malice. The tendril of disease sprawled to clutch at the softest tissue of the closest one.
The Official White House Moving Sale – Everything Must Go!!!
Make an offer - Every sale over $5,000 gets a free presidential pardon
The End of These Unprecedented Times
In these unprecedented times… Unprecedented means never done or known before. So, every moment that comes is unprecedented. If we’re to believe that moments matter in the grand scheme of this exhausting, debilitating, and all too short life we live, which is governed entirely by time. Tick. Tock.
Tani's Solution to America's Mass Shooting Problem
Finally, no American citizen will be forced to own a government issued weapon and can opt out and refuse, or return their weapon at any point in their life. Children will have the same choice at age 18.
I Believe… [Racial Cannibals]
I believe... that when white people say things like “White people are the worst” it reminds me of cartoon cows advertising the deliciousness of beef.
Stomping Our Feet Into Oblivion
“Eat shit, haters!”
Gratitude in an Ungrateful Year
I spend most mornings, in between the first and second cup of coffee, pondering what I am grateful for in my daily grind and so it is on this day as well.
On Thanksgiving 2020, I am thankful that:
The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Winning the War on Thanksgiving
Say “Merry Thanksgiving” to everyone. Take off your mask so they can hear you.
I Believe… [Free College is Righteous]
I believe... that cancelling existing college debt and making college free for those in lower economic circumstance are excellent ideas. Adding public service as a condition is even better.
Jake and Caroline’s first date was at The Whistler. They talked about Ronnie, how much they loved The Diplomat, and debated the better ride-share service, Uber or Lyft. She was Uber, he was Lyft. They got wasted on Sazeracs and had sex at her apartment. It was incredible for both of them. Caroline stopped taking sex advice from Ronnie.