Temere Cogitationes (jay f)
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“Rest, jiu jitsu, books, music . . . such is my idea of happiness.” ― Tolstoy (maybe)
Do Mothers of ICE Agents Brag About Their Sons?
Do Mothers of ICE Agents Brag About Their Sons?
“Callin’ it your job don’t make it right, boss.” - Lucas “Cool Hand Luke” Jackson
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July 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Do Mothers of ICE Agents Brag About Their Sons?
"Learning to fight and lifting weights are being positioned as a platform upon which insecure young men might build a hazy hate for undocumented immigrants, Blacks, Jews, college professors, homosexuals, and transsexuals. These are why you aren’t a billionaire and can’t get laid."
Fascist Contagion in the Fighting Arts
“We have to teach young men how to be men.” Joe Frazier
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June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Learning to fight and lifting weights are being positioned as a platform upon which insecure young men might build a hazy hate for undocumented immigrants, Blacks, Jews, college professors, homosexuals, and transsexuals. These are why you aren’t a billionaire and can’t get laid."
"You could say that Gen X was held together with tape, and we’d know you weren’t talking about the Scotch stuff. Our means of adhesion was a magnetic material delivering formative audio and visual experiences."
The Tale of the Tape
On the Magnetic Ribbon that Bound Gen X
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May 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"You could say that Gen X was held together with tape, and we’d know you weren’t talking about the Scotch stuff. Our means of adhesion was a magnetic material delivering formative audio and visual experiences."
As a kid—and I know this sounds warped—I was often confused when I entered the bathroom at a friend's or relative’s house. Allow me to explain:
For Mother’s Day: A Brush With Reality
The Pristine Intersection of Cleanliness and Commitment
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May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As a kid—and I know this sounds warped—I was often confused when I entered the bathroom at a friend's or relative’s house. Allow me to explain:
Dueling Dystopias
"Like a cork in the current, we ebb and flow between Orwell’s brutality and Huxley’s absurdity, at once deprived and indulged, terrified and satisfied."
"Like a cork in the current, we ebb and flow between Orwell’s brutality and Huxley’s absurdity, at once deprived and indulged, terrified and satisfied."
Dueling Dystopias
Meeting America in the Middle Between Orwell and Huxley
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April 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Dueling Dystopias
"Like a cork in the current, we ebb and flow between Orwell’s brutality and Huxley’s absurdity, at once deprived and indulged, terrified and satisfied."
"Like a cork in the current, we ebb and flow between Orwell’s brutality and Huxley’s absurdity, at once deprived and indulged, terrified and satisfied."
. . . for too many, music is experienced through underwhelming standard car stereos and insipid Bluetooth speakers that possess all the presence of a transistor radio."
Second-Hand News
An Audio Gear-Head’s Economic Workaround
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April 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
. . . for too many, music is experienced through underwhelming standard car stereos and insipid Bluetooth speakers that possess all the presence of a transistor radio."
What they manufacture is an atmosphere of flimsy superiority based not on facing challenges, but on throwing up pseudo-intellectual smokescreens. “I’m a man,” they say holding their hands over their ears like toddlers, “just ask me.” And to a man, they remain boys.
Today’s Tepid Masculinity
Remember us—if at all—not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men
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April 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What they manufacture is an atmosphere of flimsy superiority based not on facing challenges, but on throwing up pseudo-intellectual smokescreens. “I’m a man,” they say holding their hands over their ears like toddlers, “just ask me.” And to a man, they remain boys.
Even as I type this screed, part of my brain is bothering me to check my phone for alerts, sift through emails, and go down the sinkhole of social media.
Easy-reach technology creates a documented demand for dopamine as alluring as any narcotic.
Easy-reach technology creates a documented demand for dopamine as alluring as any narcotic.
Between Habit and Addiction
A Somewhat Self-Aware Examination of Online Life
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March 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Even as I type this screed, part of my brain is bothering me to check my phone for alerts, sift through emails, and go down the sinkhole of social media.
Easy-reach technology creates a documented demand for dopamine as alluring as any narcotic.
Easy-reach technology creates a documented demand for dopamine as alluring as any narcotic.
Sweet baby Jesus, I got religion (sorta).
Confessions of a Lapsed Agnostic
A Recalcitrant Returns to the Fold
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March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sweet baby Jesus, I got religion (sorta).
"What . . . could one do to push back against the exalted criminals so obviously intent on dismantling the ideology we’ve counted on and taken comfort in for almost two-and-a-half centuries?"
Ain’t Nothin but a Grunion
“ . . . it was no longer possible to overturn this world, nor reshape it, nor head off its dangerous headlong rush.” Milan Kundera
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February 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"What . . . could one do to push back against the exalted criminals so obviously intent on dismantling the ideology we’ve counted on and taken comfort in for almost two-and-a-half centuries?"
Loogies notwithstanding
You'll Be More Janitor and Shrink Than You Think
Running a jiu jitsu/MMA school in all its funky glory . . .
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February 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Loogies notwithstanding
Damage Report: Halfway Through the New Thirty
The view from over the hill ain't half bad.
The view from over the hill ain't half bad.
Damage Report: Halfway Through the New Thirty
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee . . .
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February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Damage Report: Halfway Through the New Thirty
The view from over the hill ain't half bad.
The view from over the hill ain't half bad.
The world is spinning out of control, so just keep 'em spinning.
The Narcotic of Shopping for Used Records
"Not the quarry, but the chase. Not the trophy, but the race."
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February 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The world is spinning out of control, so just keep 'em spinning.
Some recommended reading
February 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Some recommended reading
Three Films that Deliver a Short-Term Gridiron Fix
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Three Films that Deliver a Short-Term Gridiron Fix
Kick back tonight and power through the no-football fugue.
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February 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Three Films that Deliver a Short-Term Gridiron Fix
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I got yer optimized workflow . . . right here.
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I got yer optimized workflow . . . right here.
Management systems and collaboration platforms are a pain in the ass, not a panacea.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I got yer optimized workflow . . . right here.
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Grappling With Zuckerberg's Celebration of Aggression
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Grappling With Zuckerberg's Celebration of Aggression
FB Founder Fanboys Miss the Mark When They Try to Hijack Jiu Jitsu
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January 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Grappling With Zuckerberg's Celebration of Aggression
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