A Modern Life Crisis
I can appreciate that America likes to compare itself to ancient Rome. After all they both came from humble beginnings, they grew to become economic, political and military power houses through innovation and technological development (aqueducts, standardized parts, roads, airplanes) and they were both (to a degree) republics. Thomas Jefferson was obsessed with the Romans. [...]
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I was watching a newscast last nigh about GM being broke. The correspondent made some comment about “repairing the American Dream.” My first thought was “Oh shit, if that analogy catches on, maybe I can milk some traffic off of it.” What kind of shit head am I? Families are losing their livelihood and security, [...]
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I was up for review, today, at work. It was pretty anti-climactic. I’ve been building up to it for the last month, so I’ve had plenty of time to work up a series of indulgent dramatic outcomes in my head – none of which were all that likely to unfold. In fact, the most likely [...]
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There seems to be this trend online to produce content without a point. The success of this doesn’t really surprise me. In fact, it kind of reminds me of the success of reality television. People dig it because it’s just like life: pointless. And they wonder why we let our children get fat and lazy. [...]
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