The pinnacle of human evolution is probably the ability to love. But that doesn’t pay the bills, at least not usually. It’s great when what you love also pays the bills, but just as with human relationships, that doesn’t always work out. Sometimes it never does. That’s why the Declaration[…] Read On
Ever get into poison oak or ivy and spend days of your life in misery, struggling desperately to keep from scratching your skin off? Or gotten bitten up by mosquitos so badly you look like the kid from the Skittles Pox commercial? There is no magic cure, but there is[…] Read On
“So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks[…] Read On
There’s a cycle that anyone who has a chronic problem with drugs, alcohol, anxiety or depression knows all-too-well: 1) emotional low, 2) self-medication, 3) bad decision-making, 4) hangover/daylight, 5) emotional low. Rinse and repeat. Strangely enough emotional highs result in essentially the same cycle. The problem is this: The cycle[…] Read On
It’s one thing to play the blame game to avoid accountability, it’s another thing entirely to fan the flames of violence for political gain. That’s a game where everyone loses. ICYMI, everyone is losing their sh*t over who’s to blame for the pipe bombs mailed to a who’s who of[…] Read On
We may be on top of nature’s food chain at the moment, but make no mistake; in the end, we’re all just food. Not long after we bought our Santa Cruz Mountains property I was out in the car port working on our pickup truck when I heard my dog[…] Read On
Since passing Prop 47 in 2014 California has decriminalized a wide variety of “non-serious, nonviolent” offenses involving theft, forgery, fraud and drugs, putting countless would-be felons back on the street. Cue the law of unintended consequences or, as the National Review put it, “What could possibly go wrong?” Surprise, crime[…] Read On