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So This Is Dystopia…

I recently announced on Facebook that I plan to delete all of my Meta accounts. This includes Facebook itself, Facebook Messenger…

Jan 26

So This Is Dystopia…

Jan 26

Last Bite

Eventually the poor and middle class died out, the victims of easily preventable diseases, ignorance of the dangers of fire, an inability…

Dec 25, 2024

Last Bite

Dec 25, 2024

Bottom Line

Since the election, a school of thought has emerged asserting that it is our duty as leftists to engage those on the right in rational…

Nov 17, 2024

Nov 17, 2024

Atonement

During this holiday of Yom Kippur, during which Jewish people seek to atone for their wrongs in the year just passed, you may encounter the…

Oct 12, 2024

Oct 12, 2024

How Thanksgiving Looks

Thanksgiving? I’m not a fan. In fact, “Gangs Thieving” is the stock phrase I use to refer to it. There are reasons for this, and having…

Jan 22, 2024

Jan 22, 2024

Only You Can Prevent Racism

. . . I realized that much of what I said could be useful for everyone who shares my skin tone to consider.

May 7, 2023

Only You Can Prevent Racism

May 7, 2023

A Sphere Among the Pyramids

Whether we’re aware of it or not, our world view tends to be deeply influence by metaphors. A prime example would be: Love is a sport…

Jan 5, 2022

A Sphere Among the Pyramids

Jan 5, 2022

Classic Maryland Fried Nazi

Ingredients:

May 30, 2021

Classic Maryland Fried Nazi

May 30, 2021

Denial

How does truth become discredited while lies become elevated?

Jan 26, 2021

Denial

Jan 26, 2021

Canceled

We’ve all heard a lot over the past couple years about so-called “cancel culture,” a term which, depending on your perspective, may carry…

Sep 18, 2020

Sep 18, 2020

Wear Your Damn Seat Belt!

I’m old enough to remember when no one wore seat belts. Wearing a seat belt while in a moving vehicle became law in my state, Maryland, in…

May 20, 2020

Wear Your Damn Seat Belt!

May 20, 2020

The Moving Man (A COVID-19 Allegory)

Apr 6, 2020

Apr 6, 2020

Shame and Entrenchment

Once we realize that we are, at least potentially, living in a Palliative Age, we soon begin to struggle with issues of shame. Drawing…

Sep 26, 2019

Sep 26, 2019

The Palliative Age

It is my belief that the human race has entered what I refer to as the Palliative Age, a period of time in which it is highly likely that…

Aug 10, 2019

Aug 10, 2019

Last Minute

Imagine you discovered That you had only one minute left to live. How would you live it?

Jun 25, 2019

Jun 25, 2019

Invasion from Blurp!

Apr 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019

Proper Etiquette for the Extinction of the Species

Apr 23, 2019

Apr 23, 2019

Twilight

Five billion years later, in the twinkling of an eye, teeny, tiny little Sol let out its belt a notch, swelling up one size into a red…

Apr 16, 2019

Apr 16, 2019

Be That Teacher

If you’re extraordinarily lucky, there will be one teacher in your life who stands head and shoulders above the rest. There won’t be any…

Apr 12, 2019

Apr 12, 2019

My Year with a Beard

Today I shaved my beard off for the first time in exactly one year. This was not an arbitrary decision.

Mar 13, 2019

Mar 13, 2019

John Sowalsky

John Sowalsky

Writer, composer, director, producer, baker, used record collector, drummer, uncle, cat lover, silly person, vulnerable, human. (Not necessarily in any order.)

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