I was 14 when I heard “Juicy” on the radio and nothing was the same afterwards. I did ‘let my tape rock, til my tape popped’ and spent hours trying to fix it because I couldn’t afford to buy a new one. Well, technically, I couldn’t afford the first one…

The Permanent Now is something we are all dealing with. It’s that feeling you get when Kate Bush suddenly reenters the conversation and you have flashbacks of your tape deck. It’s what happens when politicians parrot the talking points of the National Socialist Party and you have to check the…

If you’ve never been to a desert, it’s hard to fully grasp the importance of water. Sure, you might have been thirsty on a summer day. Maybe a little parched after a nap on the beach. But in the face of unforgiving, implacable dunes? When each sip of water might…

It doesn’t take much looking around to see how deeply unhinged our reality has become. I mean, when the things in the air start dropping out of it, maybe that’s a bad sign. And there are no easy answers, regardless of whatever anyone might claim. For example, there are heatwaves…

I grew up in a tropical climate and currently live in a temperate one. So, I keep an eye on the weather to figure out what to wear. Because I hate the cold. Oh, man, do I hate it. The moment it drops below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, I am upset…

Note: cross posted from my monthly newsletter on hircinous One of the more horrible side effects of the information age is the ability to see patterns. Not because these patterns never existed before. …

For anyone who took management courses, in college or as part of some professional development track, the name Peter Drucker should ring a huge bell. He’s been referred to as “the founder of modern management”, coined the term “knowledge worker”, and even prophesied the marginalization of the blue collar worker. …

This is cross posted from my monthly newsletter which is built from my semi-daily newsletter, which is just full of hot-takes and profanity and you have to pay money for it sooooo…maybe just read the cleaned up monthlies? There is a deeply human urge to have things go back to…

If you haven’t noticed, things are a bit…confusing on the global stage. Some might point at the global pandemic as the cause. Others at a certain, shall we say, difference of opinion between members of the old Soviet bloc. …