When To Be A Fringe Lunatic

When To Be A Fringe Lunatic

When To Be A Fringe Lunatic “Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.” – Theodore Roosevelt   In many, many studies on human behavior, psychologists find that there is a typical (“normal”) distribution curve.  It is a curve...
The Lost Teachings of Empatheticus

The Lost Teachings of Empatheticus

The Lost Teachings of Empatheticus Lost to the pages of most history books, Empatheticus was a Greek philosopher who lived sometime between 400 – 300 B.C..  It is said that his teachings were ordered to be eradicated “by any means necessary from the four corners...
Kiss For You, Gordy

Kiss For You, Gordy

Kiss For You, Gordy After the age of about 12, (and certainly from a boys’ perspective)…one never really knows when it’s an appropriate time to talk about burps…or farts.  But these are unusual times, and those lines seem blurred right now. So hey, I’m...
A Brief Story of Gratitude & Underwear

A Brief Story of Gratitude & Underwear

A Brief Story of Gratitude & Underwear Many of us are caught up in this unknown and unsettling time.  This time where the word ‘viral’ is quite literally (and figuratively) evolving by the day.  And as I’ve tried to make sense of all that is happening around us,...
A Place to Store My Piss Pot

A Place to Store My Piss Pot

A Place to Store My Piss Pot Growing up, I’d often hear the phrase: “We don’t have a pot to piss in…”  Anyone remember that? It was a reference to, essentially, being poor.  It was a visceral analogy, exaggerating the fact that we did not...