Should Humanity Just Give Up?

Should Humanity Just Give Up?

I mean we’ve had a good run as a species.  In 300,000 years we’ve managed to progress from traveling barefoot to speeding down interstates, from throwing spears to launching satellites, from creating stone tools to artificial intelligence that sometimes out-thinks...
The Better Fairytale

The Better Fairytale

When I was young, long before I spread my wings and left the nest, I had such a clear picture of what the perfect, fairytale life would look like for me on the magical day I was finally able to start living it. I’d have a wife, kids, and an extraordinary career that...
Frustrated by Perceived Progress

Frustrated by Perceived Progress

On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, two days after the joys of Christmas and four days shy of embracing the New Year with glowing enthusiasm, I wrote, “Ok, you’re feeling low this morning, feeling less power because you feel like you’ve worked so hard and yet, nothing has...
My Priceless Speech Impediment

My Priceless Speech Impediment

I can choose to love my speech impediment.  Or I can hate it.  Either way, I still have a speech impediment. Someone might say, “Well, Jason, it’s a very big world.  There may very well be a cure for your speech impediment out there, somewhere.”  I...
Genie, I’ve Just One Wish….

Genie, I’ve Just One Wish….

There once was a man named Carl, who discovered a bedazzled lamp laying under a rose bush on his trip to the corner grocer.  He’d hoped to procure a cupcake, pistachios, a lotto ticket and a hot dog.  The lamp was an unexpected bonus!  Images of Disney’s Aladdin...