I Feel Great

Hi Dear Readers!

I feel great today. I hope you feel great too.

I attribute my feelings of greatness today to 60 minutes of industrious Peloton cycling this morning.

What do you attribute yours too?

You know who does NOT feel great today? The Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFU), that's who.

If my INTENTION comes to fruition today, the DFUs will be feeling very UN-great at this time tomorrow.

Fin.

The Big Exit

Hi Dear Readers!

I'm initiating a HUGELY POSITIVE AND BENEFICIAL wellness challenge soon and I am humbly encouraging you to join me. It's a big one and thus I am calling it the BIG EXIT CHALLENGE.

It's a two-month wellness challenge and it has two parts: 1. From Monday November 2, 2026 through Monday January 4, 2027, I am disconnecting from the Attention Economy completely. Largely, this means no social or mainstream media (SMSM) consumption, including news curation/analysis podcasts. 2. During that time, I will instead engage in self care and wellness activities, incuding - but not limited to - reading several of the many books in my Libby cue, cooking vegan food, exercising daily, playing analog board/card games, going on dates with Deborah, practicing music, performing music, traveling to visit friends and possibly family, walking/playing with the dogs, and other positive activities I cannot think of right now.

I am aware that my disconnection from SMSM may cause me to miss important information that could impact my life. But nothing on SMSM has significantly impacted my life in a negative way, to date, though its use alone has...loss of time and productivity; a likely dip in emotional and intellectual intelligence.

The time frame was selected to coincide with the most dangerous time in America, between the Midterm Elections and the inauguration of the new US Congress at the start of the New Year. I want NO PART in any of that toxic vitriol and chaos. And you probably don't either. But you will be a part of it is you use SMSM during that time. You know the old saying about domestic abusers...the most dangerous time is when you decide to leave.

Join me in this challenge! Or, if not, at least support and encourage my participation and participate vicariously.

3 Things

Hi Dear Readers!

It's time for a wellness challenge fortnight.

Every night for the next two weeks (a fortnight), before you go to bed, write down 3 GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

Here's mine for today:

1. Completed a lengthy bike ride.

2. Got a wart burned off at the doctor's office.

3. Hit my dietary goal/quota.

A few other good things happened too. I had a vegan vanilla latte at Starbucks. I survived three brutal couples therapy sessions. I finalized a November road trip with Deborah to visit a friend and his wife.

Mt life is good. And if you participate in this challenge, yours will be too. At least for a couple weeks!

Fin.

Still Forsaking

It would appear that I have become somewhat addicted to forsaking Humanity, effectively replacing one addiction (Humanity) with another (abstinence from Humanity).

I have noticed that disenfranchising Humanity from my emotional headspace feels quite good. It has allowed me to reclaim my mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

Do I feel bad that Humanity is off continuing to create Hell on Earth without me? Not really. My participation was not having a significant return on investment (ROI) toward creating Heaven on Earth. Humanity's exponential growth in toxic grievance, negativity, drama, vitriol, xenophobia, and bigotry was too overwhelming. So, I decided to compartmentalize and sequester Humanity away from me, in order to focus on manifesting my own positivity, joy, happiness, kindness, compassion, empathy, altruism, self care, and other good things like that.

It's been great. The main insight I have gained is that the antidote to Humanity's inevitable slide toward secular Hell is NOT to try to prevent it (that is like trying to stop a truck from rolling down a hill with your bare hands), but rather to rise above it (akin to getting TF out of the way of the truck and walking back up the hill on your own...slower, but moving in the right direction, at least). Much of Humanity is DRIVING THE TRUCK and most of the remainder are futily trying to prevent the truck from barreling down the hill too fast. The latter are somewhat successful at slowing the runaway truck. But all they can hope to do is slow its inevitable descent, not stop/reverse it. Unless most of Humanity choose to get off the truck and start pushing it back up the hill, via the aforementioned positive intentions, the descent into secular Hell is inevitable. Some could argue the truck is almost there already! But the truck pushers could still choose to stop pushing.

Eventually, the truck will crash and explode, the fireball consuming everything, including me. So, I decided to let go of the truck and radically accept its demise, so that I can focus on milking as much joy and happiness out of my remaining time as possible. I'm creating a small oasis of Heaven on Earth in my small patch of Cosmic Geography.

If anyone reading this wants to get off/out of the way of the truck too and join me, most of the forsaking can be manifested by complete abstinence from social and mainstream media (SMSM), where most of the intrusion of Humanity into your life currently happens, in this modern age. The rest is manifested by living as ethically as possible and practicing positivity, kindness, gratitude, self care, altruism, compassion, and s**t like that, without your efforts being poisoned by SMSM's toxic and negative messaging.

I also encourage directing positivity inward, as well as outward. Treat your mind, body, and soul as kindly and compassionately as possible. YOU MATTER! There are many ways to do this, but two universals are: 1. Daily aerobic exercise (typically 30+ minutes) and 2. Adhering to a whole food, plant based diet.

Fin.

More Forsaking

Brace yourselves, Dear Readers...because I am on another forsake Humanity binge this week, and that usually means trouble...you know...for Humanity.

I've been on this current forsaking jag since Tuesday, and I am loving it. So much peace in my personal self care domain.

Fin.

Secular Prayer

I pray for the demise of at least one Diabolical Force in the Universe (DFU) before the weekend.

I have put this INTENTION out into the Cosmos. Now...MANIFEST!

Fin.

High Yield Karma

Yesterday was a HIGH YIELD day for Karma against the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

The DFUs were completely disenfranchised from my life for the entire day, which happens rarely. And it looks like today will be more of the same!

Fin.

Dedication Day

Today is DEDICATED to the DESTRUCTION of the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). That is the OUTCOME.

The INTENTION is a lengthy bike ride down to Verona for a latte at Grace Coffee Shoppe. Once completed, the OUTCOME will manifest.

I am currently mid-ride and mid-latte. So, all systems appear to be GO! The only question, which won't be answered until the conclusion of the INTENTION, is which DFUs will be destroyed and how?

Stay tuned to this blog or wherever you get your information on the fate of DFUs. For most people, that's social and mainstream media (SMSM). It's toxic stuff, but if your mind, body, and spirit can suffer it, this afternoon should be an exciting and glorious celebration of DFU Demise.

Fin.

The Forsaking Continued for a Little While Longer

I forsook Humanity for five days last week, as part of a wellness challenge. I like to assign myself wellness challenges from time to time. It's a sort of punctuated acceleration toward greater wellness.

The forsaking was successful. But when the challenge ended, the forsaking did not. It felt so good to avoid and ignore the plurality of Humanity, that I continued the challenge through the weekend.

I drove up north on Saturday morning and rode my bike 25 miles around Shell Lake, by way of visiting my parents. My sister joined us on Saturday night into Sunday. These were the only unforsaken humans I associated with for most of the duration of the weekend.

On Sunday morning, I drove back home and the forsaking officially ended when I attended a fitness themed house party, at which my band GUPPY EFFECT performed.

I realized in retrospect that I inadvertently un-forsook Humanity by driving on public roadways. And the Humanity on said roadways reminded my WHY Humanity was in dire need of forsaking in the first place. These are miserable souls who largely should not be allowed to operate motor vehicles.

I write this on Monday morning, appreciative of the fact that I survived Humanity's cruelty and loss of moral integrity.

Fin.

Class D People Anger Me

I really dislike Class D people. These are people categorized by D words like dick and douchebag. There are thankfully not a lot of Class D people in the world. But there are still too many. And they tend to be disproportionately annoying compared to other classifications of people. Because they tend to worm their way into places where they can more easily annoy others. Like social and mainstream media (SMSM), for example.

The good news is, they are avoidable. In fact, SMSM is one of the only places they can freely enter your life. No SMSM = No Class D people (for the most part). People IRL can sometimes be Class Ds, but they are more manageable that way. You can walk away, tell them to f**k off, or kick them in the balls. Granted, you can tell Ds to f**k off on SMSM too, but most of the ones on SMSM don't abide that request. Some don't abide it IRL either, but at least then you can either walk away or kick them in the balls. The SMSM equivalent of walking away is blocking people. There is no SMSM equivalent of kicking a D in the balls (aka, deez nuts!).

So, do with that knowledge what you will.

Fin.

Battling Food Noise

I battled food noise today. That is to say I did battle with the emotional part of my brain that was generating food noise. I won the battle, for the most part.

Fin.

Nagan Do Uh

I had the option to UN-FORSAKE Humanity today and chose not to. It is Day 5 of my five day wellness challenge to Forsake Humanity, and it is going well. 

I didn't want to ruin my successful streak by un-forsaking Humanity. I am on track to successfully complete the challenge.

Tomorrow, I head up to the cabin for a couple days of respite. Then I return on Sunday evening for a house concert with the GUPPY EFFECT trio.

Fin.

Day 4 of the Forsaking

It's the calm before the LITERAL storm. The storm in question is Hurricane Isaias or whatever the f**k.

See...this is what happens when you Forsake Humanity, as I am currently doing for my five day wellness challenge this week. S**t goes south fast!

Today is Day 4 of the forsaking. Tomorrow will be Day 5. I am anxious and excited to see what catastrophe is unleashed to round out the challenge.

Also, people are stupid.

Fin.

A Question

Why do seemingly typical people do and think super dumb things?

I think when society answers that question things will improve.

Until then...shame dumb people!

A Good Night to You

It was a fine day, free from the so-called Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). Everything went to plan and much joy and positivity was pumped into the world via my spiritual portal.

Have a great night!

Just Stay Away from D Bags

Hi Dear Readers!

I have some advice to share that many people would describe as obvious common sense, but to which many more people often seem to be oblivious.

When it comes to the D Bags in society...just stay away from them. They are exhausting. They will drain your energy, time, and potentially your finances. They have no legitimate place or business in your life, so...disenfranchise them from it.

Life is too short to be dealing with D Bags. If the Founders of the United States of America were alive today, they would have added an 11th right to the Bill of Rights. It would read something like (paraphrasing): "No D Bag shall, in time of peace, be allowed to hold public office, without the consent of the plurality of the people, nor in time of war, period...because D Bags are terrible people and war is bad enough without a bunch of f**king D Bag's dragging us all down."

But seriously, D Baggery is a plague on society. There are way too many of them, especially in government. But we don't have any Laws against D Bags. And that's too bad. Because the Tolerance Paradox always seems to allow D Bags to get the upper hand and screw everything up. The First Amendment, unfortunately, allows D Bags to speak and assemble publicly. All well and good. But...we do not need to listen to them and we don't need to go near them when they assemble. Also, D Bag's being able to speak freely does NOT mean we cannot shame them and call them out for being D Bags. We just can't kill or imprison them for it. But that same First Amendment allows us to call them terrible people. And they are. And they know they are. And they know who they are.

But America is BIG. And if you see a bunch of D Bags assembling...just walk the other f**king way and stay away from them. It's that simple.

Well, it's not that simple. Because we have the Internet now. Which means we have social media now. And that means D Bags (who have no conventional boundaries to speak of) have free access into your life via unregulated social media. If you really want D Bags to f**k all the way off and out of your life, you need to regulate them yourself. And that typically means shutting off your access to social media. Disconnect from it, at least some of the time, and ideally most of the time. 99.9% of all D Baggery comes into your life from social media these days. When you disconnect from social media, the silence is GOLDEN. If you choose to use social media, you choose to give D Bags free access to your mental, physical, and spiritual well being. And let me be perfectly clear...THEY WILL S**T ON IT! So, don't do that.

OK, I have led the horse to water. Up to you horses what you wanna do with that. A good day to you!

Fin.

There is an Apocalypse Going On

I woke up to find myself...alive. And that was a relief, given that it was Day 3 of an apocalypse. 

To be clear, it was not THE Apocalypse. At least, I don't think so. I haven't experienced enough apocalypses to be certain. But it did not feel catastrophic enough to be "the big one," as they say.

Let's rewind the tape a little bit. Three days ago, I began a simple wellness challenge - to Forsake Humanity. I guess, in my mind, I interpreted forsaking to be something akin to "ignoring" or "forgetting about." I just wanted some respite from Humanity's exhausting and toxic grievance and vitriol. It turns out that forsaking is a much bigger deal. One could argue that forsakings have consequences!

On Day 1 (Monday), the Bubonic Plague rebounded when some idiot in Russia accidentally released some. It's unclear if the imbecile infected others or only themselves. On Day 2 (yesterday), the Internet went down (but only locally) and the power went out (but only intermittently), suggesting the apocalypse triggered by my wellness challenge was only a minor one.

I just woke up - alive, as I mentioned - so I don't yet know what Day 3 (today) of this apocalypse will comprise. I'm both anxious and excited to find out, and I will certainly keep you, Dear Readers, apprised.

Fin.

Challenge

I am on Day 2 of the Forsaking Humanity Challenge and already the results are INSANE!

On Day 1, the Bubonic Plague was unleashed in Russia. So far on Day 2, the Internet has collapsed and rolling power outages are happening across the United States. Wow!

I am anxious and excited to see what manner of calamity Day 3 of the challenge brings! I can tell you that the Number of the Beast appeared randomly this morning...as I was entering my breakfast into my food log, the total number of calories was exactly 666.

Fun stuff. I had heard that Forsaking Humanity was brutal. This confirms it!

Fin.

You Know What They Say

It's Day 2 of my week long wellness challenge to Forsake Humanity. So far, it is going well. 

On Day 1, the main observation I had is that the old adage "ignorance is bliss" is very much true...I am at peace and feeling content AF. 

As Day 2 begins, I am having the realization that a Forsaken Humanity is capable of some really dumb s**t. It's Schrodingerian dumb s**t, since I'm unable to observe it directly whilst I am on the challenge, per se. But I am a little worried Humanity may not survive the week.

I will survive the week though, and that's really all that matters when it comes to wellness challenges. If all goes to plan, I will actually emerge from the challenge stronger than I was before, mentally, physically, and spiritually, as is par for the course with these types of endeavors.

Fin.

Plague

I forsake Humanity for 5 minutes and they somehow manage to unleash the literal Bubonic Plague on the world. JfC...