My draft statements to Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo City Councils are below. I am a resident of Aliso Viejo, which is next to Laguna Beach. Aliso Viejo: I have lived in Aliso Viejo since 2001 and I have never been more afraid for the safety of myself, my family, and fellow residents than I …
Insidious ideologies have long spread through American life starting with disillusioned young men, but the positive masculinity of athlete-activists like self-proclaimed “Anxious Millennial Cowboy” Adam “Hangman” Page holds the key to change that by inspiring inclusive attitudes, activism, strength, and personal change. First, a personal story and some recent history I remember what I thought …
This Fixing The Fixerpunk episode is posted kind of late. This is the show where I cover my personal efforts to take my own advice and fix my own problems to perhaps suck just a little less every day. I cover: – Turning 25 and feeling behind in life – Establishing a sense of urgency. …
In order to change the system or advocate and build a better life for yourself, you need to understand not only the rules of your society’s social and political system but also its underlying principles. The rules that are set up in law or in customs, and even sometimes the popular sense of morality, are …
This is a messy, unplanned Fixing the Fixerpunk episode: – Update on the pro surfer job – Figuring out the stuff that distracts me – Minor fitness progress and my new metric “How close am I to looking like Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks?” – Incremental progress overall and finding those times when I …
This is more of a current events episode covering the soon to end eviction moratoriums, problems with eviction processes, how to restructure the process of eviction to be more sane, disparate impacts of court processes like virtual hearings on the elderly and disabled, the need for more public and cooperatively owned housing, the myth …
This was supposed to be a Fixing the Fixerpunk episode, but it’s pretty heavy on practical lessons. Topics covered: – Soundproofing for the podcast recording – Prioritizing Your Life and Activities when advocating for yourself – A Key Fixerpunk Principle: Be A Pitcher, Not A Thrower as applied to personal advocacy – Prioritizing Deadlines and …
This is a Fixing the Fixerpunk episode, which is where I focus on how I fix the problems in my life, show my fallibility and imperfection, and hopefully help you learn from example. Topics covered: – My latest encounter with The Patronizing Party – my new name for “helping” professionals, like social services providers, healthcare …
The second part of my Learning from an Anxious Millennial Cowboy episode about Adam “Hangman” Page of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and how I have found him to be a highly relatable inspiration for my own life and an example for the new frontiers of activism. He is a very strong yet emotionally vulnerable and …
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has come under fire for purchasing a $1.4 million dollar home in Los Angeles among other real estate investments. The organization has also been criticized for not directly assisting Black people adequately, including the families of victims of police brutality. As a former organization board member who has a …