Everyone should have a pet of some kind. Close to 70% of American families have a pet, and while that’s great, I think each individual person should have a pet of some kind, even just a fish. Here’s why:

Creative, Ambitious, Determined
That’s right, you read the title correctly. Summer, 2021, I did not have a permanent address. Just a fair warning before diving in, this is a fairly lengthy and complicated story, even though I ...
Usually I do a year-end Instagram post, and usually I actually post around the new year. Usually, I post some of my favorite photos from the year and write caption taking a broader look back on the ...
Traveling, relocating, in-between jobs or permanent homes, there may come a time when you need to find short-term housing of some kind. As someone who's been in all of these situations at one ...
January 13th of 2024, I FINALLY got engaged to the love of my life. On April 22nd of 2024, I married the love of my life. That's right, I planned my wedding in three months. Not many people do ...
I haven’t sat down and written a full blog post in quite a while now. Is it coming up on a year? I’m not sure. It’s a bit sad for me, as someone to whom writing was such a core part of my skill set ...
Everyone should have a pet of some kind. Close to 70% of American families have a pet, and while that’s great, I think each individual person should have a pet of some kind, even just a fish. Here’s why:
People often think artists are depressed, unappreciated geniuses toiling away in isolation, only to be truly recognized as the brilliant creatives they were after their demise. Constraints are bad, commercializing their art takes away from the true value and beauty…
We see misdirection all the time in things like magic tricks. Your attention is focused on one thing, something unimportant. Meanwhile, the magician is pulling off the actual trick, the truly important bit, where you aren’t looking. It’s brilliant, really….
Previous logical fallacies blog post: Why Emotions Don’t Hold Up In An Argument The Art of Misdirection This week’s notes: Don’t confuse a claim with an actual argument Watch out for arguments appealing to anger, fear, pride, or the desire…
Sometimes it’s hard to do something. Sometimes you “just don’t wanna.” I feel you. I’ve been there. I’ve been there quite a lot, actually. Sometimes it’s okay to listen to the “just don’t wanna” voice. Maybe it’s telling you it’s…
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