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New Year, 2026
1 For New Year’s Eve, my family had a party, like they always did. All sorts of people came by, mostly people who wanted to eat for free. I hated it. I hated how…
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Christmas, 2025, Part 1
PROP. VII. Existence belongs to the nature of substance. Proof.—Substance cannot be produced by anything external (Corollary, Prop. vi.), it must, therefore, be its own cause—that is, its essence necessarily involves existence, or existence belongs…
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6: The Petrov’s Defense
1 In the Other Place, The Grandmaster and I are teammates in the Amazing Race. He is semi-retired. We decided to start a family, and we adopted a boy and a girl. It had…
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U-Turn If You Want To: The Senior’s Not For Turning
In S24 of the Amazing Race, Brendon U-turns Dave & Conner, and everyone hates them for it. I don’t understand that. It’s a game, and everyone is trying to win that game. If they…
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Regarding the Amazing Race
I’d love to be a racer in The Amazing Race. I judge many friends and family based on whether we would do well on the Amazing Race. Although there are a lot of physical…
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Amazing Race Across My Psyche S01E01: Evolution Can Be So Random
The Racers Leo & Ferdinand – Second-time lovers from Toronto.Marissa & Chloe – Best friends and pastry chefs from Sydney.Tariq & Mahmoud – Taxi-driving brothers from Cairo.Bingus & Eep – Re’Tikkan overlords from Velath…
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Does God Give a Fuck?
The other day I was praying. I don’t usually pray, but sometimes I feel compelled to ask for help from someone who actually had the power to help me. And some of my problems…
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Acedia
1 I am a hikkikomori. I know that there are cultural implications of that that don’t exactly fit me. I am not obsessed with anime. I play video games a lot, but not to…
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Fabiano Caruana, My Love
I am very attracted to Fabiano Caruana. I’ve known him for more than a decade now, ever since I started playing Chess during college. Didn’t really think much of him then, even if he…
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Important Car Rides of My Life #1
After a night out, I always feel some type of way in the car on the way home. Especially when something important happened. It’s rare when something important happens during a night out, but…
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The Phenomenology of Spirit on My Birthday
I’m 34 now. My family asked me: What do you want for your birthday? I don’t know what I want. In the Other Place I sat with Hegel in his house, watching him scramble…
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Dreams
1 I had the school dream again. I have the school dream very frequently. I don’t know if I get it more than the average person, but I think so. Because I tell my…