Miscellaneous Rambling
Whew. Late winter blitz at the office. The phrase of the work week: catch as catch can. The fever pitch flurry of projects is numbing. Fortunately, none of it is particularly stressful, and all of it pays, so I shrug and shoulder through long hours that take me to the office on Saturdays and into the night hours.
The new podcast is out: Zen Lent, Tariffs, Adult Video News Awards. You can click the link to listen or listen below.
Drinking and Lent: Why would I give up booze for Lent? It's practically a sacramental.
Zen Lent: Do you hope to make spiritual progress during Lent? Then you won't. Your focus is wrong because you have a focus.
Tariffs: They're a bad thing. It's Econ 101. I explain why here.
Lightning Segments: Two funny stories, Bill Burr and the Catholic Church, Joe Rogen and the Catholic Church
David Foster Wallace: My introduction to this brilliant essayist
Fatality of the Sex Obsessed Culture, Episode 1,990,909,227: Billionaire diamond trader dies during penis enhancement procedure, reports say. The article doesn't mention how big he was and how big he was trying to get.
Welcome to Clean Monday: The Greek Orthodox first day of Lent.