Social Media is for Wimps

Well, it’s my second blog entry so ... I guess it’s time to talk about Trump. (No! No, Geoff! We don’t wanna!!) I know, I know. What is there to say that hasn’t been said already, and said ad nauseum ? How many different ways are there to express the opinion (fact?) that the 45th president of the United States is a moron, a con man, a fuck up, a coward, a racist, a liar, a cretin, a criminal, a misogynist, an imbecile, a lowlife and all around vile piece of soulless, tapioca-shaped human waste? But that was yesterday. Let’s talk about today. The big thing on my mind today is the economy. I believe that everything this lumbering bowl of orange mucus is doing will ultimately prove destructive to the economy. From his unconscionable tax cuts ( really? we’re still thinking trickle-down is a thing? really? ), to his pointless trade war, to the current government shutdown over his onanistic wall, I think that all the gains we’ve had since the ’08 meltdown will be wiped away a...

I challenged myself to write no fewer than 500 words a day this year. I didn’t write anything yesterday, so … that went well. I’m not going to beat myself up over that one. As an addendum to my New Year’s resolution list, I think I’m going to write: Don’t freak out if you skip a day on something. That’s an important addition as so many of the items on my list concern things I’d like to do with regularity, including: Write something every day (6 days a week, 500 words minimum) Read every day (social media doesn’t count) 3 runs per week 3 calls, emails or proposals a day for my training business (minimum) I guess technically I could stick to the “6 days a week” writing thing if I write on Sunday, my designated day off; but, nah. There’s literally one traditionally manly thing I enjoy and that’s football. This is wild card weekend. I ain’t bein’ productive. Part of the reason I didn’t write yesterday is that I couldn’t think of anything to write. One of my macro goals f...