Professor Harbinger's School for Villains

“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for theContinue reading "Booting Up"

I wonder, often, about my anxiety disorder. I wonder if anxiety disorder might not be the human brain attempting and failing to adapt to the modern world. Look at the imaginary things we have created that can steal our ability to survive. Taxes and rent and mortgage payments. Think about the abstracted ways other peopleContinue reading "Benefits"

I watched the first episode of the TV series Helstrom. He delivers a speech in the middle of what, at first, appears to be an exorcism. Basically he comments that secrets lose power when they are exposed. He is speaking about supernatural power. And I think that this is interesting. Given my own ideas onContinue reading "Helstrom"

We are seeing nervous oligarchs lately. President Biden has provided relief on student debt. And the conservatives are freaking out. The agreements that hold modern society together are largely coerced or forced. But as ever, there are more of the exploited that of the exploiters. The numbers are necessarily very lopsided. Only a few canContinue reading "All Around the Mulberry Bush"

In January our little old dog had a major health crisis. I did a working to assist him. He recovered with medication and no need for surgery, and is now more happy and energetic than he had been for more than a year prior. Did the working help? It helped me. Did it help him?Continue reading "Results Matter"