Month: January 2020

How to be Willfully Ignorant and DESTROY Your Opponents

This post started out about evolution but, due to natural selection, morphed into a post about evolution, politics, and how in-group thinking hijacks our free will and makes us robots who think just like everyone around us, but we feel really individual about it. I expect it to do very poorly in terms of shares as people have routinely shown me they are disinterested in these types of posts. Let’s jump to it.

The lesson to take away from this article is, “Hey man, let’s give people the respect of trying to understand their claim before we argue with them.” If you can internalize that you don’t really need to read the rest of it.

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Being There- How to Enjoy the Now

It’s Monday morning. We didn’t sleep great last night and I’m especially foggy today. As I made my second cup of coffee I stared out the window at the traffic lights whizzing by in the dark. The moon was bright and I could still see stars. This was not the sort of time of day people are supposed to be up.

I felt the coming stress of the day creep in. It’s my day to watch June while Mrs. Burrito Bowl works. Whether I have the energy or not, I’m daddy today. Being there for her is a must. I have to take care of her needs regardless of my mood, energy, or stress levels. Continue reading “Being There- How to Enjoy the Now”

PSA: Don’t Stop for Pedestrians in the Middle of the Goddamn Highway

Listen, we need to talk. This public service announcement might go against Southern hospitality laws, but hear me out: If you’re driving on a busy road with fast-moving traffic DO NOT STOP for pedestrians. A lot of people think they’re being nice by stopping. You’re not. You’re putting people’s lives in danger. If I could strangle you with your own stupid seatbelt I would.

Don’t be polite on the highway, be predictable.

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Free-Range Morality- What’s the Deal with Eggs?

What kind of chicken eggs does everyone buy? I’ve been thinking about eggs because last time I was in the grocery store there were 47 different versions for sale and I feel like some of them were made up. There were pasture-raised, free-range, organic, ethically treated, verbally abused, vegetarian-fed, cage-free, farm-fresh and even white eggs. It’s a pretty overwhelming process trying to figure out which version of this breakfast staple most closely defines me as a person.

Here’s the thing: I want to buy eggs from the most well-treated chickens on the planet. Maybe not the most well-treated, but at least from chickens that aren’t treated really poorly.

But, here’s also the thing: I don’t want to be taken for a ride by some bullshit chicken egg marketing campaign designed to trick hippies and liberals into paying more for the same product.

What’s a conscientious frugal egg-buying blogger to do? Continue reading “Free-Range Morality- What’s the Deal with Eggs?”

Having Kids is the F*cking Worst

Having kids is awful. Yes, it’s the best, most life-giving thing you can do with your time. But, it’s also a terrible quality of life choice.  Everyone is familiar with the A-side of having a baby. They’re cute, cuddly, forced to love you…it’s great. Suddenly your sham of a life has purpose and meaning.

The B-side of the coin is why we’re here today. Continue reading “Having Kids is the F*cking Worst”

On God Part IX- How many Worlds Did God Create?

Happy New Year! Unanswerable questions are going to be really in style in 2020 so let’s get a jump on things by talking about what lies beyond our home planet. I’m small-child-at-Disney-world levels of excited about Space. Space is both huge and great. It’s so vast that if Earth was the size of a grain of sand Space would still be really big. I’m not very good with words. Let’s draw some pictures.

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