jan 28 in idea barrages

Local institutions tend to be filled with people who belong in regional institutions.

Detective Jonn Jonzz being thrown off by a criminal: “MARTIAN! WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?”

If you think it’s a coincidence that a bunch of violent white men decided to rally for their “right” to lord violence over others on Martin Luther King Day, I have a lovely bridge in Brooklyn I can cut you a fine deal on.

Even when I mostly agree with a politician’s positions, if they’ve developed a cult, that’s a red flag. Even if they mean well themselves, if worship grows around them, implementation will implode in the irrational fervor of the frothing purists in their retinue.

So often the defenses you build against perceived threats are the only thing fueling them, the only thing making them real. Let go. Un-clench. Even if you need to build a whole new you, release the flinch and the fist disappear. Let go.

Trebek intones the phrase “Easy-Bake Coven”. I hit the buzzer and ask “What is the greatest name for a heavy metal band ever?” He nods slightly in my direction and the dump truck starts pouring money on me.

“Who would you be without this?” If you don’t have an answer for that, for any detail of your life or perceived identity, you owe it to yourself to find a healthy answer. We are so much more than balls of labels shambling around as sticker golem.

“I’m sorry for cutting shop class,” he told the teacher, “I hope I can make it up to you.” “It’s awl good,” the teacher replied, putting the “pun” in punishment.