I am getting heart surgery in the morning. This is my pre-op preamble about it.

War is good for nothing but folded flags. How do you grieve?

There's a more than one way to keep adults civil and to raise children. Drop comments to let us know how you feel about this solution.

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Originally recorded 3.3.26

I am walking you through the variety of feelings that I have on my 30th day of liquid fasting.

Jingle Bells was created by a racist person in Medford, MA who introduced his song in Minstrel shows for money. The exploitation of black people was so lucrative that this song became a huge success and an American family holiday tradition. The composer of this song later left his abolitionist parents and traveled south to join ranks with the Confederacy and fight in the Civil War. His sister then had a child who used his proceeds to finance banks. We know his nephew as J.P. Morgan. America was built on filth.

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If things stay the same, things will stay the same. Ask yourself what you're doing to shake things up in your life. What book are you reading? What course are you taking? What new habits are you creating? I recently took an A.I. course and learned just how much I don't know about the changing world in which we live. Repurpose yourself to prepare for a better life.

Originally recorded Dec. 10, 2025

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Actions speaks voliumes.

This episode was originally recorded Nov. 12, 2025

Originally recorded 11.25.25