I Believe... [Recently Abandoned Version]
I believe... that realizing you married your unrequited love is a real piece of mindfuckery.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 24, 2022
Mastering disappointment is the most important skill a person can have.
The Consequence of Bad Choices
"I'm you. From nine years in your future. I'm not entirely sure how I got here but I figured out exactly whyonce I saw that I was in Chicago on this day. I knew exactly where you'd be. I'm here, I think, to prevent devastation."
The Eye of the Beholder
"I guess I feel lonely. Or alone. I don't feel like we are on the same page as a married couple and I can't figure out why."
I Believe... [That Third Time Charm Stuff is Bullshit]
I believe... that it’s incredibly difficult to appreciate a wonderful meal if it ends with a pile of shit on a banquet plate. The final course determines the meal.
The Improbable Dangers of Candle Wax
He could hardly make himself say it. He sat on the couch—she was just sitting there laughing about a dumb YouTube and the sound of her hoarse giggles was like music—lit up a cigarette—she hated these things but I think I need them right now—and stared hard at her shoes on the floor.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 17, 2022
One day, Paul McCartney will be dead and that’s a fact I can’t wrap my head around.
The First Time
“Let’s just say, doing it for the first time on the soft sand with music playing, the sound of the waves in the background and the helping hand of wine and smokes, made for an evening I’ll never forget.”
The Alex Jones Go FU** Me Page
WE’RE THE ONLY LINE OF DEFENSE KEEPING THE DEMS FROM TOUCHING YOUR KIDS WHILE TALKING ABOUT SLAVERY AND MAKING THEM GAY.
No Steak Knives for Me
For myself, I've answered the question about separating the artist from the art.
I Believe... [#BookTok is an Oxymoron]
...that using social media to sell books is as pointless and unforgiving as selling bibles in a brothel.
My Authoritarian Rabbi Ruined Judaism for Me
“I am the rabbi. You are the student. It is not your role to question me.”
It was clear to me in that moment that I wasn’t going to get my answer. Either I had accidentally exposed a blind spot in Rabbi Goldstein’s knowledge and he was embarrassed or he was an authoritarian asshole who hated having to adjust his lesson plan for his students. I chose to assume the latter.
Solutions are Easy; Wresting Control in Order to Implement Them Is Another Thing Altogether
I wonder how many genuine solutions to current problems get bogged down in meetings demanding a certain power-hungry consensus.
[EXCERPT] "I Am Primary" from The Achilles Battle Fleet: Book One: Mei-Ling Lee
The following is an excerpt from the novel The Achilles Battle Fleet: Book One: Mei-Ling Lee by Brendan Wilson, now available via the Literate Ape Press Bookshelf.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 10, 2022
I have come to dislike and disagree with the phrase, “A writer writes.” Because some people who write are just typists.
Tribal Allegiance Didn't Save Anyone from COVID
I'm not into tribes these days. Tribalism did not save one person who contracted COVID and died from it. It won't save the next, either.
Glengarry Glen Trump
Fuck you, that's my name. Follow me on Twitter.
I Believe... [Dying Breath]
...that, if one spends more than a few minutes a day being anxious about money, a serious re-evaluation of what is and is not of value is in order. No one expends their final breath to brag about their credit score.
Sometimes You Just Gotta Buy a $6 Million House
BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors says she's thriving. No shit.
[EXCERPT] The Achilles Battle Fleet: Book One: Mei-Ling Lee
The following is an excerpt from the novel The Achilles Battle Fleet: Book One: Mei-Ling Lee by Brendan Wilson, now available via the Literate Ape Press Bookshelf.
The first chapter of an in-progress novel.
“The voice began on a Tuesday morning while Monte Walsh was standing in his kitchen, holding an unopened package of bacon over the garbage can.”