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#1) Anchors Aweigh
30 Jun 2020
I set sail ... with the stormy heavens crushing the sea, and my heart twisted with dying. (J. P. Donleavy - The Ginger Man)
#2) You've Got Mail
02 Jul 2020
They return, to my home for a few years: Dublin, Ohio. So much material: I-270, roundabouts, Muirfield, the zoo, OSU, giant corn, Celtic themes, the "world's largest" Irish festival and - of course - all the f*ing shamrocks.
#3) Haves vs Have-Nots
11 Jul 2020
I can't let this one go. Obviously, I was too subtle. So, here is an "in your face" version. Expect future visits to this lab to witness the possible outcomes of whatever flavor of socio-economic inequality you can imagine.
#4) Aloha World
25 Jul 2020
I have resigned myself to the metaphorical reality that my parachute is not going to open. The only question is, should I at least try to enjoy the grotesquely mesmerizing introspective view on the way down. (Me - Pandora's Box)
#5) The Apartment Hunt
24 Aug 2020
Enid rents an apartment in Crystal Lake, Illinois - another place I lived. I do not miss living under the flight path of a runway only 3000 feet away. Not that anyone really cares.
#6) Alien Brain Parasites
25 Sep 2020
Another day, another mask meltdown. I ponder the cause. Learning about the implied social contract? Confronting existentialism? Fearing mortality? Exhibiting selfishness? Or, f*ing alien brain parasites?
#7) Fernsehgeist
27 Sep 2020
My 2020? Stopped watching movies, Netflix and TV. Then quit social media. I'm a crisis away from abandoning civilization and either riding the rails as a luddite hobo or hiding in a well-appointed hermit cave.
#8) The Great Filter
10 Oct 2020
The reasons are many, but for our species to survive - I think it is obvious that half of us will need to go. I guess we can flip a coin or something?
#9) It Is Nigh
17 Oct 2020
My edgy "end of the world" sarcasm engine has been sputtering lately. It is a very strange feeling. Am I broken? I've never had this problem before. And the oddest part? Knowing why. But NOT knowing why.
#10) Somewhere In America
13 Dec 2020
Perspective. Only 60+ cities in the USA, totaling 54m people, have a population over 300k. 84% of Americans live someplace COVID could have entirely erased from the map. Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Orlando ...
#11) To Be Or Not To Be
05 Feb 2021
I make recurring character cartoons in bunches. But I limit them to one post per week. And then I forget I made them. I want an anti-social VR bubble - no more tiny pangs of guilt from ignoring people!
#12) Library of Humanity
08 Feb 2021
My semi-retirement plan is to travel as a writer and photographer to document the stories that make us - us. History has a tendency to remember the bad. But every life covers an unwritten novel.
#13) 100 Seconds, +/- 100
19 Feb 2021
My first dog, Bathsheba, was a rescue Pekingese that had been blinded by someone that threw lye in her eyes. She enjoyed a long, happy life. But she definitely looked more like E.T. in a wig - than a dog.
#14) Playing Darwin
26 Feb 2021
Eventually quantum entanglement will become a reality. And with it unlimited and instantaneous communication. We can barely handle social media. How will we survive our raw thoughts and emotions?
#15) Bonfire On the Beach
07 Mar 2021
The natural human world is a monotonous gray canvas. We are not entitled to art. The inspired colors that fill our world come at a cost - borne by painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, composers, etc.
#16) Parlour Chemistry
30 Mar 2021
Whether controlled experiment - or accidental discovery - the quest for knowledge is about ascertaining truth. Then, if necessary - we adjust our reality to accommodate for the newly acquired information.
#17) We Are? ... Fine.
06 Apr 2021
Sometimes I find peace in dreams. If I lie in bed long enough for sleep to catch me. Then the dead speak. And they say? Who we are. What we make. Someday will be found. By scavengers. Looking for something else.
#18) Cloud Serfs
16 Apr 2021
I am old. In my first few jobs I used analog punchclocks. There is nothing like the awareness of life being measured in 6 minute intervals. Note: if you've never enjoyed the experience - that is 1/10 of an hour.
#19) Worm Food
17 Apr 2021
Forget the vast distances involved. Or the velocities required to conquer them. There is only one species in the Universe interested in observing our primordial follies. Or experimenting on us.
#20) Commune Disorder
16 May 2021
(b) I've known evil. Half-cousin, shared name. Troubled childhood. The start? Animals. Then one day? His niece, gasoline. She lived. He spent a life in/out of prison. Night before last release. Hanged himself. And? I don't know.
