• The Subtle Art of Being a Gentleman

    I remember when I was a boy I would always see the old imagery of the guy putting down his coat to cover a puddle so his lady wouldn’t get her shoes wet. As a boy, I thought that when I grew up the world would be full of these puddles and all I needed was to carry around a coat that I didn’t mind getting wet. Seemed easy enough.  As I became a man, I realized there was a lot more to chivalry and being a gentleman than those old time movies would lead me to believe. Women are fucking complex to say the least, but they all want…

  • The Butterfly Effect

    The Butterfly effect: n. (With reference to chaos theory) The phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. I was thinking about past events recently and pondering on the effect those events would have had if I was successful in my own attempt on my life. It’s a morbid thought for sure, but it is something that has plagued me for a very long time. I started to think about how that event, had I been successful, would have impacted my family, friends, and loved ones. They would still be feeling those effects to this day. My children would have grown up without…