Category: Ruminations

To the miserable crusaders of the punitive War on Drugs: it doesn’t make sense to deny drug-addicts treatment on the grounds that they’re the “authors of their own fate”. Two-thirds of American adults are obese. Should we also punish these individuals by withholding expensive medical procedures on the basis of their lifestyle choices?

Drug addicts are despised because they hold a mirror to the unsavory consequences of our own intoxicating lust for “success”: selfishness, betrayal of those we love, and ultimately loneliness. There’s a razor-thin line between the dope fiend estranged from friends and family, and the workaholic.

In the Kangaroo Court of Congress, truth is more comically delicious than fiction. Satan Sandwiches are best served with a large side of Freedom Fries. For dessert, we can fight over the Biggest Piece of the Pie.

 

Facebook: Offering the illusion of a vibrant social life and stripped of the real demands of friendship since 2004.

An acquaintance with poor taste just berated my writing and my hair turned quite gold from grief.

A more interesting way to ask a friend for advice: “Can you please play the alchemist for my bad ideas and poor decision-making?”

CEOs at 299 US companies earned a total of $3.4 billion in 2010, a 23% increase over 2009, equivalent to the wages of over 100,000 median-income workers. What the fuck?

Couples on their cell phones during dates: the adulthood version of what psychologists call “parallel play”. Rather than jointly participating in an activity, less mature kids play separate games side-by-side.

Without unending obstacles and thorny conflicts, this sick circus would be pitifully unremarkable.

California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman states that giving her Democratic opponent any control over California fund allocation is like “giving Count Dracula keys to the bloodbank”. But vampires are so hot right now, rich lady.