Tonight, I destroyed a friendship. Good work, Shawn. I found out who I am and what I’m made of. It’s not pretty.
Author Archives: Shawn
Really Small Ideas
I think the fact that I have so many outlets for my creative commentary is diluting the power of my words down to the consistency of senseless drivel. There are “Really Deep Thoughts”, there is “This Is Ponderous”, there are moments of Snark and Witticism, and then there’s useless, wasted, disposable. The more time I …
Back in the Saddle
If you exist somewhere outside my immediate sphere of influence, you probably haven’t heard that I have back problems. I hurt myself in the lower end of the spine, and it’s been a downhill slide since. After dealing with a low level of pain consistently since February, I decided to take care of it. I …
On the Agency of God
If god doesn’t directly control your life, but indirectly influences it by manipulating others and shifting circumstances outside of your control, then that’s logically inconsistent. The agents of his control would vary depending on who he was trying to influence. God would be directly controlling you if you were those other people. What about them? …
Packs Much Back
As a man, I have trouble, physically and psychologically, with the spare tire I carry around. Sometimes I feel like I’m the fattest skinny man I know. When a man has excess fat, biology dictates that his body stores it first around his stomach and waist. If he puts on more, then it forms on …