While I could write a Dostoevsky-length novel on the subject(s), I'm going to strive for being concise. I'm also in the middle of finishing stories for my second collection. My first collection, Silly Little Monsters, focused on high school and college fears. I move on to more adult concerns in…
It's a burden, being able to control situations with my hyper-vigilance, but it's my lot in life - Tina Fey ADHD content attracts a lot of eyeballs on social media. Sometimes well-meaning individuals share generalizations or oversimplifications. Other times ongoing scientific inquiries are misreported as scientific fact. There's even a…
I used to think no tech bro was as clueless as Sam Altman or as out-of-touch as Mark Zuckerberg or as...whatever TF is wrong with Elon Musk - but that was before I read this wild podcast exchange between David Senra and venture capitalist Marc Andressen: David Senra: You said…
I've been quiet lately, not because I have nothing to say, but because I have too much to say and don't know where to begin. Even this post has morphed into something so unwieldly, I'm making it two parts. Unlike a lot of writers, I'm not worried about generative AI…
A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality – and it’s not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing – it is just a normal human reaction to a nonsensical set of values where…
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by— And never knew. Shel Silverstein, Masks Be kind. Be yourself. Be honest. No, be quiet. Be as it suits me. me (who…
We’ve got to keep the young-uns out of the forest. Otherwise, ain’t nothin’ gonna stop it from happening again. That’s why it’s up to us adults to shoulder the sins of the past.” - Artur Braus, Attack on Titan I meant to post a follow up to my post about…
I'm not going to repeat anything RFK Jr said about autism, but I'd be remiss if I didn't comment. I saw someone say that fixating on his language was petty, but his language dehumanizes people. Crimes against humanity always begin with dehumanizing language. It's happened to the autistic community before.…
This world is a cruel place...but it's also very beautiful. – Mikasa, Attack on Titan I spent the last part of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 watching Attack on Titan with my son. I'm glad he talked me into watching. As I said before, I'd seen parts of the…
An ongoing issue in the literary community is people weaponizing the language of social justice to excuse wrongdoing, which is not only tacky, but it minimizes real problems and weakens the language needed to discuss them. NaMoWriMo released a statement supporting the use of generative AI, and accused critics of…