...that among the worst or best pick up lines for a potential date is “Hey. What’s your favorite dinosaur?”

...that, with all the identities being claimed in our modern age, we’re just celebrating Halloween every day of the year!

...that some plans should just be planned and executed rather than telegraphed to preserve the peace.

...that the moment when any rock singer barks out “C’mon!” before a massive guitar riff is the moment I say “OK! Fucking A! C’mon!”

...that we are our most profound when broken hearted.

...that while developing more Spock and less Kirk in my decision making has been for the good, I’m thinking I could use some more of that Kirk in the meantime. Being overly cautious has never been my default and while caution is smart, it doesn’t make for a good story.

...that AI will eventually end up simply pretending to love lonely men and women like emotional sex dolls.

...that there is a clear difference between being busy and working. The first is about perception, the second about results.

...that the best response to a society hellbent on requiring the careful, nervous walk through a minefield of eggshells is to tap dance on every fucking egg.

...that the naming of hurricanes is likely to be apolitical but c’mon, guys.

...that human babies coming out of the womb helpless and unable to walk make other animals seem superior.

...that smoothing over and correcting language is the childproofing of intellectual discourse.

...that Himmel is completely, 100% correct when he states that marriage is a willingness to forgo autonomy. Given my almost relentless desire for autonomy, I should’ve known better…

...that life is laundry. It’s a pain in the ass, seems completely pointless but, man, it’s grand to have a pair of clean underwear.

...that the excuse for one’s poor behavior “it’s a cultural thing” is its own form of casual racism—being on time, respecting the time of others, and functioning for the benefit of the whole have nothing to do with culture.