This is a post about depression. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? I’m in a bit of a strange spot right now. I am pretty well educated about depression. But, until recently, I never had a first person experience of it*. The combination of prior education and current experience is weird when it comes to illness. …
I got divorced the other day. I’m not normally one to label myself. I’m just me. But, I’ve been having some trouble with the whole situation, so I thought words might help. They can help me tell my story and that can help me make sense of everything. There’s a problem with this approach, though. …
A few months ago, Omar Holmon of Black Nerd Problems wrote an excellent article about Gohan’s choices in life. Entitled, “An Open Letter to Gohan: You Gonna Stop Being Trash Anytime Soon or Nah?”, Holmon let us know exactly how he feels about the son of Earth’s greatest hero. He writes, Gohan was voted…
I got divorced this afternoon. It was weird. We went to the court house, signed some forms, waited for a while, then went before the judge. We sat there while the judge read our agreement. After that, we stood and swore to tell the truth. Next, my Ex’s (that sounds weird) lawyer asked her a…
In my last post, I talked about politics and epistemic confidence. My conclusion was basically that when it comes to political issues, high epistemic confidence is not warranted. That creates a problem. How are we supposed to handle the responsibility of voting if we don’t (or at least shouldn’t) have much confidence in our political…
Most people, in normal circumstances, get epistemic confidence right. Once we have reached a certain level of maturity, we generally feel confident about the things we know and less confident the less we know. There are things that can get in the way of our epistemic confidence, like harassment, but we usually know what we know and…
Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. That strikes me as a mistake. I think of myself as a Dylan fan. Blood On The Tracks and The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan are two of the great albums of the rock era. I’ve seen Dylan in concert several times. So, it’s not that the Nobel…
The second Presidential debate is tonight and I implore you, please do not watch it. There is literally nothing to be gained by watching. But, that’s true of every presidential debate. This debate is different, though. There is a moral obligation to avoid watching tonight. You see, there is simply no debate about who you should vote…
Every year on Columbus Day weekend, Hartford hosts a marathon. Can you guess how I know this? They probably advertise, right? Maybe there’s some word of mouth buzz? How about social media? Sadly, the answer is no to all of those. The way people in the Greater Hartford Area learn about the Hartford Marathon is…
A couple of years ago, I wrote a book. It’s not much of a book. It’s even short compared to the ones my daughter and I read together, but it’s a real book. I wrote it to help a friend with breast cancer. Here’s what I wrote in the introduction: A short time ago, a…
