It seems with alarming regularity the tone and timbre of discourse found in your feed of choice pendulates feverishly from side to side. The carelessly sown seeds of discord sprouting gardens of relativist “truths” trimmed and arranged into convenient bouquets of nonsense. With an involuntary “click” we share these arraignments of absurdity without pause andContinue reading “Futility Level: Zax”
Category Archives: Prose
Entropy Bus
This morning on my otherwise chilly bike ride I found myself paced by a school bus for nearly half a mile and it occurred to me that this is a perfect metaphor for both my literal and figurative ride through life. There, sitting at the front of the bus so the driver can keep aContinue reading “Entropy Bus”
The Train Perspective
The problem with internet debates is that we all bring a caravan of personal experiences in tow yet only ever make visible one point. It’s like trying to judge the length of a train head-on. All it takes is a small shift in perspective to see that the train is either just an engine orContinue reading “The Train Perspective”
Me2
The systemic and pervasive indoctrination of the male entitled mindset into the collective is one of the greatest failures of modern society. The flagrant disregard for half of our population under the auspice of male entitlement is beyond infuriating. It speaks to an evolutionary aberration where minds capable of empathy and reason came to beContinue reading “Me2”
rewind
I can’t help but feel a whiff of nostalgic grief over this news. As someone whom just recently rented half a dozen hand-picked family classics for less than 10 bucks it saddens me that this era is ending much in the way the death of cassettes left a bitter taste. Perhaps it’s just the furiousContinue reading “rewind”
Strip Mall World
Welcome to Anyburb, USA where the prototypical strip mall is alive and well. The hair-pizza-laundry-liquor-flower-nail-Chinese-convenience store all fun-sized and bundled cozily together in a paint overdue broken AC set from a low budget Troma movie. “Toxic Avenger 4: The Strip Mall Years.” If not for the presence of a prepaid cellular shop you’d feel likeContinue reading “Strip Mall World”
Tribal Gathering
Sitting here fireside bathed in the ghostly starlight it occurs suddenly to me that it’s not for the heat nor the light that we kindle this fire tonight. It’s for the gathering that the fire promotes. It’s about the family and the friends and the glory of our common bond. The flame beacons us andContinue reading “Tribal Gathering”
Sickamore
Fifteen years ago we planted a tree in the front yard of our new home and dedicated it to the little life we had just planting in this world. Over the years we watched it grow and even as our marriage ended that little tree kept adding branches…growing stronger…taller. A growing symbol of the resilienceContinue reading “Sickamore”
Mannino Acid 