Personal Archaeology

Rationally Exploring the Inner Life

• Filing Cabinets

  For roughly the past decade, I’ve owned two filing cabinets which I’ve filled up every year or two with a bunch of paperwork, including utility bills, bank statements, insurance documents, etc. In a conversation with Mrs. O last night, we stumbled upon an interesting question: do I really need all of these documents? Why do ...

• Ellen’s New Show

  Maybe this is completely gross and inappropriate, but does it strike anyone else that the name of Ellen’s new show, “Ellen’s Bigger, Longer, and Wider Show”, looks an awful lot like a dick joke?

• I Have Come to Say “Goodbye” – Instrumental

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• Satisfaction NOT Guaranteed…

  During a drive yesterday (THIS is why I need a voice recorder with me 24/7): We do not guarantee that you will become sane. We do not guarantee that you will become insane. We make absolutely no guarantees; did you think Stef had any guarantees in CT? Somehow, I found this comforting.

• Mother’s Day

  We celebrate a lot of holidays that aren’t really holidays. In truth, there is no such thing as a genuine “holy day,” but some holidays have some sort of objective roots, even if it is just a seasonal celebration. The most artificial of holidays are the ones where military personnel are “honored” for their “sacrifices.” ...

• What Am I Missing?

  The conjunction of a recent premium podcast and part 3 on a series on depression (1 2) got me thinking… I had to take a walk, just to get out. It was about an hour, and I gotta tell ya… now my computers sound really, REALLY loud. Of course, there’s so little going on around here after midnight. ...

• Change: Obama, North Korea, and Control

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• Do Not Adjust Your Monitor…

  … please stay tuned, we have some behind-the-scenes processing going on. We will return you to your regularly unscheduled blogging as soon as we can.

• Passive Aggression

  Wherein I discuss an epiphany, a conversation, a dream… And to Rich: I apologize for acting out the other night. I was experiencing a great deal of irritation and had not even attempted to process it before responding to you. And regarding self-excoriation: I’m not trying to beat myself up for the past–I cannot change it; ...

• Father and Son

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