'Modernity refers to both the historical era and the cultural, social, and intellectual conditions that emerged in Western society following the Enlightenment. Broadly defined, it is a state of society characterized by a deliberate rejection of tradition in favor of scientific rationalism, technological innovation, industrialization, and individual freedom'
My second favorite cartoon is this monstrosity. AI explained that they are 'Textbook Malignant Narcissists'. Sometimes I think I'm living with Err. More on that later. The AI analysis, that is. The Mooninites are more Californian than anything else? The vacant affect on Ignignokt is very
C'est le repas que j'ai préparé. Après moi, le déluge.
January 19th 2005 Laying some Groundwork If you work a non-union job, you grumble to your co-workers about unresolved conflicts in the workplace. But you really don’t have any institutional recourse, you must grin and bear it. Maybe, if you're lucky, you have a sympathetic
'I'll pity you. I'll pity you because you're sick' was the most correct line of that bunny potboiler. This isn't even about that, sad and irrelevant yet very true as this scene may be. This is about people being incapable
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A few of my favorite things from yesterday.
A punchy title, even if it's low-rent and borrowing from a pot boiler, can make all the difference. Yeah, my friend Jeff and I did that. Not about that, at all. If it exists, it's probably somewhere in the vault, anyhow. Alas, no Mormon girls
I Housekeeping Several of you have reached out, which I deeply appreciate. This email covers most of the bases... Dear ______, AI drafted a response which was surprisingly apt. Ugh. Have to de-enable that. The goal is to fall asleep by 9 and wake up at 4-5, which typically
The great thing about it, in the truest sense, is that any old hick can make up their own bullshit. This little vignette is about 'Murka v. Cathay. Better suss out your subordinate niche, Rhino-Cow-Patriot. Yer 'bouta b big. In your very own curated century of
So, I stayed with this affluent Silesian family after my freshmen year in college for the summer. I summered in Europe, with a friend of my mother's from the Bavarian Forest who married very well. War torn children made good with a refugee family from present day Poland.
Learned about these guys in college. Oh. A college boy, aye!? Matt Stanzack was from Erie. He was great. He liked 'em. Made me a mixed tape, now residing with the ages somewhere far away. Supported Jerry Brown, yelled it from his window at me on primary day 1992.