Category: humans being

  • 2025: Year in Review

    2025: Year in Review

    This year, I prioritized creativity and connections, producing numerous art pieces and games while maintaining professional stability despite corporate challenges. I focused on health, family ties, and sharing my work, setting goals for further growth in 2026.

  • Don’t Let Steak Sauce Keep You From Loved-Ones

    Don’t Let Steak Sauce Keep You From Loved-Ones

    We don’t have to agree about everything to spend time with those we love. #MoTurkey #MoLove #ThanksgivingDinner

  • Mirriam-Webster’s 2024 Weapons of the Year

    This Time.com article highlights M-W’s word of the year for 2024 as well as nine other words of note. They selected polarization as word of the year, which seems pretty legit. I’ve heard the word quite a bit and it describes the state of things pretty well. They’ve also highlighted…

  • Where Do Grown Ups Come From?

    Where Do Grown Ups Come From?

    I learned pretty young where babies come from, but it wasn’t until my late 40s that I learned where grown ups come from. For just shy of 15 years, I happily hustled to help build an amazing little startup. The founder of the start up worked to cultivate a non-corporate…

  • How Hungry Are You, Really?

    The only thing I love more than a good analogy is food, so a food analogy gets to special parts of my brain. Who’s feeling snacky?

  • Check On Your Potatoes

    Check On Your Potatoes

    They’re not okay.

  • Does Rain + Ignorance = Angels?

    Does Rain + Ignorance = Angels?

    The human brain’s need to classify everything it encounters, a survival mechanism evolved over thousands of years, contributes to societal prejudice and misinterpretation of natural phenomena. The author suggests such classifications, particularly in primitive societies without scientific understanding, lead to the attribution of natural events to divine actions, influencing cultural…

  • OMG! I Do That Too!

    OMG! I Do That Too!

    Although social media often receives criticism for fostering divisions and negative self-perception, it also connects millions of people by echoing universal feelings and experiences. Much like how music resonates with our emotions, social media mirrors our shared quirks, struggles, and joys. It reminds us of our shared humanity.

  • The Positivity Delusion: Manifest to Planifest

    The Positivity Delusion: Manifest to Planifest

    A positive attitude alone is insufficient for success. It must be accompanied by actionable plans, adaptability, and realism. Relying solely on positivity can result in failure, especially without taking meaningful steps towards one’s goals. The Universe is indifferent to our desires, so we must actively pursue them with a blend…

  • Animals With Pants

    Animals With Pants

    Big ole brain? Cool. Super opposable thumbs? Big whoop. Pants? Winning!!