Humorous and observational stories about dating, work, aging, society, everyday life, and the strange things human beings do.
I was driving home from work the other day doing about 70 miles per hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone. That’s actually faster than I normally drive. Yet people were flying past me like I was standing still. As one car after another raced by, weaving in and out of traffic, I found myself wondering: What’s … More What’s the Hurry?
I have discovered something about myself over the years. I am apparently the guy who has questions. Not complaints. Questions. Now, some people have told me I have a dry sense of humor. Others have informed me that I have a look that can make a person feel incredibly uncomfortable when they ask a question … More I Have Questions
A friend of mine recently posted about how much her AI chat seems to know her, her habits, her personality, her struggles, her goals. At first glance, it sounds strange. Maybe even unsettling. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized something: It’s not really that different from any other long-term conversation … More We Created a Mirror and Called It AI
I was thinking the other day about why dogs are called K9s. (Yes, I’m aware it’s “canine.” For the sake of this conversation, we’re leaning into the phonetics. Try not to overthink it.) Which raises a very important question: If there were something better… wouldn’t it be called a K10? But there isn’t. And I … More Why K-9s Are Clearly the Superior Model
Every year around this time, people panic. Credit cards get stretched. Budgets get ignored. Pressure gets heavy. Somehow, we’ve been trained to believe that the value of a gift is measured by how much it costs. As if love, appreciation, honor, and remembrance can be calculated by a receipt. But here’s the truth most people … More Decoding the Perfect Gift: Why Meaning Always Outlasts Money
Throughout history, one of humanity’s greatest experiments has been the attempt to unite people of differing cultures, religions, and values under a single governing system. Nowhere is that attempt more evident than in the founding of the United States, a nation born not from shared bloodlines, but from shared ideals. For a time, the experiment … More Can Diverse Peoples Truly Live Harmoniously Under One Banner?
Every few months, the streets fill with people waving signs, chanting slogans, and claiming moral superiority over whatever issue happens to trend that week. Immigration, healthcare, climate, education, the topics change, but one thing rarely does: most of the loudest voices belong to people unaffected by the issue they’re fighting about. Virtue Without Cost It’s … More The Cost of Conviction: Why Protesters Don’t Live What They Preach
We live in a world quick to divide, quick to label, and even quicker to hate what it doesn’t understand. Few examples prove this more than the deep-seated hostility some people feel toward Israel and the Jewish people. But history, Scripture, and genealogy tell a story that should make everyone pause before they speak. Because … More The Forgotten Family: How Truth Connects Us More Than We Realize
There was a time when walking into a corner store felt like opening a time capsule. Rows of glass bottles lined the cooler, some you’d never heard of, others that became permanent fixtures in your childhood memories. You didn’t think about caffeine content or sugar grams back then. You just grabbed what looked good, popped … More The Fizz That Faded: A Tribute to the Sodas That Shaped Our Lives
For those who grew up in the 1970s and 80s, television was fearless. Shows tackled hard issues, made jokes that today would spark outrage, and reflected a society that hadn’t yet been neutered by hypersensitivity. Today, people break down over “offensive” words, demand safe spaces, and label comedy as hate speech. What happened to us? … More The Death of Toughness: How We Became the Softest Generation