Catching COVID is totally not a moral failing — as long as it’s you or someone you love. Otherwise it’s schadenfreude. Though, let’s be clear, the virus doesn’t care about your beliefs or who you are or where you live. But those stupid dumbasses totally had it coming, right?
Tag Archives: society
Simpatico
“Nobody has walked the path that I have walked. They have not seen the things that I have seen. They must, if they truly want to understand me.” I dunno. Isn’t that the point? Is it really that important that I drag someone down with me to the muck I came from just to feel …
Seattle Travelog, Observations
Part of a series from the travelog of my trip to Seattle in October 2022. This is a reflection written a few days after the trip. A cool thing about Seattle is how they treat pedestrians. Just like Portland, drivers will slam their brakes and wait patiently for people to walk across. That’s not to …
Eeyore in the Field
Eeyore’s Birthday. That yearly event with all the hippies in the park. It’s like Austin’s version of the Hajj: every resident has to go at least once in their life. It was really nice to get out and be an anonymous face in a large crowd. I miss that. So many beautiful people. I felt …
Small Talk, Big Talk
What do you call someone who can make anything political? Like, you could be having an innocuous conversation with someone, all small talk, and then they go off into the weeds? “Nice cool breezy weather we got today, yeah?”“Not as cold as the day we finally get all of them dirty sumbitches outta Congress an’ …