I had a fight with a friend a while back. It was a Twitter-and-Facebook fight, so there’s a pretty good chance it never would’ve happened as recently as, say, 2007. And yes, I realize 2007 is now a decade in the past, but it feels like yesterday to me: that’s how it goes. It pains me slightly to write those words: "it was a Twitter-and-Facebook fight…" It pains me that I do … [Read more...]
How to Deal With Ignorant Bastards
I always thought Washington state was super-liberal, but ten miles out of Seattle it’s all Trump signs and giant American flags. I was just at a meditation retreat down there and at one session the teacher was hitting little bells and mystic chimes when “Biff! Bang! Pow!” all these fuckin’ shotguns went off just across the road. And you knew some big red-faced bastard had just … [Read more...]