Hello, Universe! Here’s the premiere of a new web series I’ve started titled “The Truth Injection“. I’m picturing about 12 episodes like this featuring famous people talking about the “alternative” side of the mental health system. Hopefully, we won’t consider these stories “alternative” one day… we’ll just think of them as warnings of…
For the last year, I’ve been subjected to harassment from two members of the consumer/survivor/ex-patient community who persistently attacked me online for my speech at the 2018 American Psychiatric Association protest in New York. With time, and with the support of valuable mentors, I learned not to engage with public attacks on the internet. I…
This was originally written on April 20, 2018. I set a fuse on it to publish exactly one year later to avoid the discomfort of publishing my personal thoughts and feelings in real-time. March 29, 2018 is the five year anniversary of the first time I performed stand-up at Winston’s Open Mic in Ocean Beach,…
I originally submitted this essay for the FQXi Physics Essay Contest under the prompt: “How can mindless mathematical laws give rise to aims and intention?” Sadly, I was rejected for “obscenity.” While there is a piece of me that wishes to bash them for restricting my freedom of expression, I really should still thank them…
Today… FINALLY… I can publicly announce the release of my debut comedy album: The Flim Trilogy (iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play). I know I’ve told many this would be published in the fall but I ran into some copyright issues (not for stealing jokes, but for stealing Rage Against the Machine music on a couple…
I am fortunate enough to be in a relationship with a woman who says things like “can we watch Happy Gilmore tonight?” I’ve got it pretty good. Upon hearing this request on Tuesday, however, I found myself unexpectedly worried. Why? Because: Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler? Adam Sandler. What? Yep. Adam Sandler. If you are reading this…