As a creative writer, not so much. — Like pretty much everyone else on the planet, I’ve been having some weird conversations with ChatGPT over the last couple of months. We’ve talked about history, politics, religion, health, and even just the wonderful world of totally random facts. My spouse and I have also spent a good bit of…

Here are a few signs you and your partner might be better off sleeping alone. — It’s no secret that humans need sleep. We need it to sort through and properly store the information we learned throughout the day. We need it to eliminate toxins that build up inside our brains. And we need it to function at our best. However, the modern world is not…

I’m not exactly famous for being a minimalist, and I’ve definitely had my bouts of consumeristic fever in which I must have bought half of Amazon. But most of the time, I feel like I try to rein it in (although my spouse might have something to say about that). …

Most people have ideas for a novel. Many people start a novel. Some people even bang out a good chunk of manuscript. But few ever finish a real novel with an actual conflict, characters, climax, and all that jazz — and it’s no wonder. That shit is no joke. …

It’s official. The monarch butterfly is now on the endangered species list. After years of spiraling population collapse, the exponential shrinkage of their numbers has brought them to this. At the rate their population is dwindling, they could be extinct before I turn 40. It’s becoming clearer and clearer that…

If Men Read More Books by Women, Would They Have More Empathy for Us as Humans? — I’ve noticed a trend here on Medium (and elsewhere): many men seem to only read male authors. I don’t want to call anyone out, so I won’t be naming names or linking links. However, I’ve run across one too many “favorite book” lists by male writers that feature a glaring…

Unsurprisingly, what we all feared has indeed happened. Barring major overhauls between the leaked draft and the final draft of Dobbs vs. Jackson, the Supreme Court has decided to eviscerate the right to privacy implied in the Constitution and voted to overturn fifty years of judicial precedent. Roe is dead…

In my first post on this subject, I said I’d do another list of some of the shows I’ve been watching to keep practicing Spanish every day. For the most part, I’ve enjoyed the shows I picked, though a couple did leave something to be desired. But even the shows…

The other day I raised my foot to stick it on the couch pillow only to find one of my dogs was laying there, squished down into the cushion pile, and I’d just kicked him in the face. It wasn’t a hard kick, but he had been so comfortable. I…