This very late episode covers NEW AEW World Champion Adam “Hangman” Page, slow-burn storylines of the sports type, and the political and social change slow-burn storyline of the Great Resignation and Anti-Work. I discuss the foibles of the “general strike” attempts in October and political leaders looking for a big event where everything changes …
Insidious ideologies have long spread through American life starting with disillusioned young men, but the positive masculinity of athlete-activists like the AEW World Champion and self-proclaimed “Anxious Millennial Cowboy” Adam “Hangman” Page holds the key to change that by inspiring inclusive attitudes, activism, strength, and personal change. My most comprehensive review of Adam Page and …
I got to join my colleagues at Pro Wrestling Musings for this discussion of CM Punk’s return to the ring with AEW and how his powerful speech puts punk ideas into practice, promoting an inclusive, authentically expressive community in the sport. This episode and all episodes of the Pro Wrestling Musings podcast are available …
UPDATE: Good news! Unified Command actually responded to me and said that no dispersants are being used: 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. These were not the statements ultimately used, since the story …
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 …