We’d be better off dead — All of my friends who have never been camping think they’d survive in the wilderness with no problem. All of my friends who have gone camping doubt they’d last a year, and this is including Eagle Scouts and guys who’ve walked the Appalachian Trail. Walking the Appalachian Trail isn’t easy…

They don’t make it easy — I recently wrote an article about nuclear power, and I used hard data and quotes from climate and energy scientists who stated nuclear is our best option by far, and the only source of power capable of supplanting fossil fuel completely. Full disclosure: I am not a climate or energy…

The Captain — Hi guys, I’m technically a Catholic, but not a practicing one. I’ve committed the sin of using birth control thousands of times, including premarital sex, and I’m also superstitious. …

Try this shit with anything else and you’ll be institutionalized — The simplest way to illustrate the madness of religion is to play Mad Libs. Instead of Jesus or Allah or whoever, substitute Derek Jeter. I believe that Derek Jeter is omnipotent. He is watching over all of us always, and if we break his commandments, he’ll send us into a…

They’re bullshit, but so is religion, and horoscopes might help you get laid — We all have embarrassing gaps in our knowledge. I didn’t know about astrology until I was a senior in high school. A girl I had a crush on asked me what my sign was, and I thought she was asking if I was in a gang. Horoscopes are deliberately vague…

Do we go out with a bang or a whimper? — A massive flood in Puerto Rico and earthquakes in Mexico and Taiwan. Floods in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico and Taiwan aren’t uncommon, but their frequency and severity have steadily increased since the late 1990s. We know that anthropogenic climate change is the culprit behind exacerbated flooding and fires…

A great movie to watch as you relapse — As the world’s problem continue to multiply and worsen, those who acknowledge we’re screwed have taken three primary roads. The more responsible of us with children and families are learning how to live sustainably and survive in a world more akin to the Dark Ages. Others are reexamining their lives…

Especially if you aren’t making money anyway — Forget about Grammarly, or all the books and articles about how to be successful, and concentrate on saying what you want to. This is your one life, and chances are you aren’t making much money writing anyway. Reading and writing as much as possible has helped me more than anything…

The job market isn’t as good as reported — Four out of the last five jobs I applied to were scams. I knew it almost immediately, but these fuckers plowed on. Some were from other countries, some were from right here in New York peddling pyramid schemes, and aside from trying to collect as much personal information about you…