Archive for April 2025
A Calmer Life: Navigating the Social Media Deluge
— Something’s gotta give Hey, it’s Richard reaching out from Pattaya, Thailand, and I’m back with some thoughts on the chaotic whirlwind that is social media. If you caught my post last month on Free The Animal, you know I’ve been chewing on how to live better in a world screaming for our attention. I’ve…...
Artificial Intelligence is Proving The Existence of God
— And it’s the farthest thing from what you think Something happened the other day that changed everything, and solidified some of the thoughts I’ve been wrestling with about artificial intelligence for a couple of years now. I’ve been deep in the AI game since I jumped on the bandwagon, and like everyone else who’s…...
Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson, Dr William Makis, Ivermectin, Fenbendazole, and Cancer
Let’s round this up Well, it’s been a few months since I last dove into this cesspool of a topic, and I thought I’d already posted it out of my mind. Turns out, I didn’t. Many have been yapping about this Joe Rogan interview with none other than the infamous, prolific, and perpetually controversial Hollywood…...
The American Right’s Russian Romance
A Middle Finger to the Globalist Swamp The New York Times Magazine, in a moment of lucidity (though still dripping with leftist drivel), dropped a piece titled, “How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin’s Russia.” Let’s unpack this geopolitical clusterfuck. Kiev is a cesspool of evil where political corruption, globalist schemes, and Deep State…
Read MoreTariffs, Trump, and the Art of Not Being a Fucktard
It should be too stupid to comment on … A little admin message, first. I have forever done away with monthly membership. For those of you on them, existing monthly memberships are good for as long as you want to keep them, but Quarterly or Annual is much better for price, and you only get…...
I Wanna Party Like Charlie Sheen
Hahahaha As I get older, I find myself increasingly amused by the younger generations who just don’t quite grasp the way I choose to live my life. Most of these critics are significantly younger than I am—sometimes by decades—and they have this knack for virtue signaling. They look at me and question, “How can you…
Read MoreLife Altering Change
It’s the stuff that adds up The Royal Cliff Beach Hotel in the headline photo (est. 1974), and the view is from my new condo on the 23rd floor of The Sky Residences. Keep that in mind. I’ll close the loop at the end. There’s a story. … My last post was about this move…
Read MoreClean Up Time — Health, Environment, Alcohol
You’re never too old to lean young Back in late fall of 2023, I got an offer I simply couldn’t refuse. My lease in the condo I was renting at the time was expiring. A longtime friend of mine from Phuket, who owns a pristine one-bedroom unit in Pattaya, Thailand, reached out to see if…
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