Welcome to another episode of “why the fuck do I feel this way?” Years ago, there was a Mel Brooks movie called *Blazing Saddles*. In it, Madeline Kahn played the character Lili von Shtupp, who had, for lack of a better description, an Elmer Fudd-style speech pattern. In one of her saloon numbers, she sang …
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So I think I might shift gears a little here. As many of you know—and if you don't, I'll tell you again—I had a stroke a little over a year ago. Things were already going poorly in my career, and that was the moment I realized why I had been struggling so much in the …
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You ever feel worthless as a human being? When I’m in a funk, that’s the first thought that always crawls up. People like to remind me of my value—yada, yada, yada—but I still can’t climb over that wall sometimes. I saw the shrink yesterday. And yes, I know some of you are thinking, “Good, …
As many people who are closer “Here We Go Again”: Fallout, Fantasy, and Why Escapism Isn’t a Dirty Word As many people who are closer friends with me know, I’m all about Fallout right now. Specifically Fallout 76, because it’s the latest in the series and still has some developing gameplay. Occasionally I’ll drop back …
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