A simple Cost and Benefit Analysis

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I have received some pushback on my thesis that boycotting all social and mainstream media (SMSM) is a good idea for improving mental, physical, and spiritual wellness. I want to reiterate that I am not saying it is an ABSOLUTE GOOD idea. I am saying it is the LESSER of two evils...a RELATIVE GOOD. I would love it if SMSM were informative, positive, motivational, and non-addictive. But it is none of those things and is increasingly the opposite of those things. It now contains more misinformation than information. It is ridiculously negative and rife with toxic grievance that leaves you feeling empty and angry and devoid of joy. It discourages civic action by substituting it with the aforementioned aggrieved negativity (whining on social media has become the ONLY form of action people take on important civic and social issues). And if you need proof that it is more addictive than heroin or nicotine, just try quitting it for a couple of weeks, or even a couple of days. QED.

So, this is a simple cost and benefit analysis. There may have been a time when the benefits of SMSM outweighed the cost. But that time is long gone. You are now better off avoiding it completely. For one thing, it keeps DFUs largely out of your life, which by itself is a wellness advantage. It also denies the Corporate Overlords of SMSM your attention and money. Recall, the reason SMSM is free for you to use is because YOU ARE NOT THE CUSTOMER; YOU ARE THE PRODUCT. The customers of SMSM are advertisers who pay for your time, attention, and eyeballs to increase their profits. If you have any doubt about this, ask yourself why there is so much advertising on SMSM? If it were not profitable, why would companies advertise? Boycotting SMSM is a form of civic action, as you are reclaiming the commodity that is your attention and time, and you are impacting (albeit minimally) the bottom lines of big, exploitative corporations (you are very gently "sticking it to THE MAN").

Once you free yourself from SMSM, you become significantly/relatively smarter and happier (though, in absolute terms, you will still be of average intelligence and moderate mood...an improvement only in that it is a return to your baseline from a much worse off state...). This is why boycotting SMSM is a massively positive improvement in your wellness environment, akin to quitting nicotine, alcohol, and/or drugs. Add to that a healthy plant based diet and daily aerobic exercise and you will find yourself almost unstoppable, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

In quasi-related news, there will be a GENERAL STRIKE across America and the World on May Day (5/1/26). I encourage you all to participate and here is the info: maydaystrong.org.

I will be participating by avoiding SMSM (obviously), purchasing NOTHING, and closing my marriage and family therapy business for the day. Actively, I will be enjoying time with friends and family, hosting a bike ride, and generally chilling TF out.

Hugs!

Fin.

April One

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

It's April 1st, also known as April Fool's Day. And because of social media, this day now significantly lacks any meaning or value. With data showing that greater than 50% of everything you see on social media is AI generated fakery, it kind of makes what had been a fun day of celebrating deception and practical jocularity a rather banal and lackluster affair.

That being said, this is the one day of the year when the satirical news site THE ONION actually posts REAL NEWS. It's almost hard to tell the real from the fake/satirical anymore. Best to, as I have encouraged many times, boycott and avoid all social media (you can give the corporate mainstream media a miss too). Try getting your news and info from NPR and BBC, which are publicly funded media, less influenced by corporate propaganda.

Take care!

Fin.

Hunkering Down

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). I felt SO MUCH JOY yesterday...to the point where I was concerned I might be having a hypomanic episode. I can't explain where it came from, but it felt good.

Yesterday was also ACTION PACKED. And that wasn't a cause or an effect of my hyper-joy state. Deborah and I took my parents to the Garver Feed Mill and perused the vendors at the Winter Farmer's Market, scoring a veritable bounty of goodies - some specialty mushrooms, vegan strawberry-rhubarb bars, bagels, some flowers, and maybe a couple of other things that are escaping my mind right now.

After the Farmer's Market, we cruised over the the Green Owl vegan cafe for delicious vegan lunch. Deborah and I went to the gym after we dropped my parents back at their house, and I got a decent set of weight lifting in. I also got a short Peloton workout in when we got back home (for the aerobics). I spent the remainder of the afternoon meal prepping - vegan quiche and a HUGE salad - for the week.

I was joyously spent after all of that and slept HARD last night.

This morning, I expediently got the dogs out for their morning walk ahead of the massive winter storm that is barreling across the state today. Thankfully (I think...), most of the storm will be rain for most of the day, but then the temperatures plummet and we are expecting massive snowfall overnight into Monday. So...I am hunkering down. It's a Sunday, so I am just going to chillax and enjoy myself with indoor activities, which will comprise eating a breakfast of cereal - with maple syrup, flax seed, blueberries, and nut milk - a long Peloton workout, and assorted other leisure activities as they come to mind.

Fin.

Sunshine

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or actions steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the universe (DFUs).

I took the dogs out for a morning walk today and it was a crisp sunny and brisk early spring day. We had to push all the clocks forward an hour today, which wasn't all bad. The day will feel longer now, with it not getting dark until an hour later.

Temperatures are supposed to edge into the 60s Fahrenheit today, which bodes well for a possible mid-afternoon bike ride. I'm trying to decide what kind of a bike ride it will be, but I am leaning toward maybe trekking over to Brennan's grocery store to gather the fixings for one of my famous salads. Excited to get the bikes out and pump up the tires and generally assess their worthiness for the upcoming cycling season.

I'm doing RAGBRAI this year, because it's an even numbered year and those are the years when I tend to go. I'm once again joining the Powered by Plants vegan cycling team, who coordinate all the transportation, lodging, and meals (including bringing a vegan caterer along for breakfasts and dinners). That'll be fun. I still haven't motivated Deborah to give RAGBRAI a try. It's a bucket list challenge, but there are a lot of obstacles.

Anyway, go enjoy the day, because word on the streets is that the world may be consumed in a global thermonuclear war around the middle of next week.

Cheers!

Fin.

Fantastic

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). Things have been going pretty well on that front, which tells me you are all upping your game on the actions steps. For my part, I have been boycotting social and mainstream media (SMSM) with nearly 100% efficacy and the results speak for themselves. I am smarter and happier than I can remember being in quite a long while, due to completely disenfranchising the DFUs from my digital life. I have been instead focusing on curated non-mainstream media (such as podcasts) and reading more audiobooks (on the Libby app).

And my analog life is fantastic too. I get outside and take the dogs for a walk pretty much daily, unless the weather is super bad (95% of the time, it does not reach that level of awfulness). My marriage counseling practice is thriving. I manage to squeeze in a 30+ minute Peloton workout most days (excepting our tropical vacation a few weeks ago and when I was sick with RSV - I still worked out during that, but man did my lungs BURN! Probably not the smartest thing to do...). I am getting very close to my fitness goals and I am almost to the point where DFU-destroying intention is optimized. The DFU's should start feeling that in the next couple weeks.

Fin.

Travelog Imminent

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or actions steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). Pro Tip: One of the easiest ways to thwart the DFUs is to be positive and kind to others. And "others" includes not just your fellow humans, but also all sentient creatures. That's one of the reasons why a vegan diet is one of the three Tenets of the Church of Bike With Joe (CoBWJ).

I'm grubbing down on some tofu steaks this morning. The recipe is very simple. I take a block of super firm tofu (a whole 'nother level of firmness above extra firm...but if you only have extra firm, put it in a tofu press overnight and it will be super firm by morning) and cut into into six large and thick rectangular slices. I put about two TBSP of oil in a fry pan and heat it on high. I put the tofu steaks in the fry pan and as the tofu starts to brown on one side, I add herbs and spices to the exposed side. Then I flip the steaks and season the (now brown and oily) other side. Once the original side has browned, I flip them one last time and turn off the heat. I let them sit a bit, which seems to enhance the flavor. You can use whatever spices and seasonings you want. Today, I used black pepper, garlic powder, turmeric, rosemary, thyme, oregano, smoked paprika, and salt.

In other news, a Travelog is imminent. So, stay tuned to this blog for the next two weeks if you want to live vicariously through me on a fantastic trip to the tropics.

Fin.

A Fine Weekend

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). There's a lot of negativity out there and the DFUs feed and thrive off that. So, if there is one single thing you can do to undermine the DFUs it is BE POSITIVE. Put positivity and love and joy and compassion and kindness out into the world. It is anathema to the DFUs.

I had a great birthday weekend. Friday night (my actual birthday, with caveats), Deborah, my folks, and I went to the Nitty Gritty pub for dinner. It's a birthday themed place and they have lots of vegan options on the menu. I treated myself to a vegan milkshake, along with my usual vegan Impossible cheeseburger. On Saturday, it was mostly a chillaxed day. I don't remember what all we did entirely, but I know I spent some time rehearsing songs in the evening, in anticipation of Sunday's GUPPY EFFECT rock-n-roll show at the Brix Cider Haus in Mt Horeb WI. Sunday was largely dedicated to prepping for and executing said rock-n-roll show and it went pretty great. I give it a solid A minus. Of course, I managed to squeeze in a DFU destroying Peloton workout every day. It fills me with such positivity and joy to know that every time I get on the Peloton bike trainer, I am depleting DFUs of their precious life energy. I encourage everyone to try it. You'll feel great afterwards. The "runner's high," as they call it, is essentially the feeling of absorbing life energy from DFUs.

Alright, well...I can lead a horse to water, but you know the rest. If you want to reverse the toxic grievance and negativity that is eating the world (like Langoliers), you have it in your power to engage the three things that will accomplish this: 1. Vegan diet. 2. Daily aerobic exercise. 3. Abstinence from social and mainstream media. If you don't believe this is the secret to success, try it for two weeks (a fortnight) and you'll see.

Take care.

Fin.

Dues Dee

Hi Dear Readers!

It's a rare Tuesday (Dues Dee) post and I hope it finds you and brings you joy, insight, or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). The DFUs have been annoyingly pesky lately, but please stay hopeful and engaged in intentional positivity, the only antidote the DFU negativity. It may be helpful to keep in mind that Karma can only be slowed down...never stopped, and definitely not reversed.

I normally do not post on Tuesdays because I am too busy seeing marriage and family therapy clients. But I have a rare respite from that today, due to the fact that Deborah has a procedure for which I am the designated driver. I will be seeing clients later today, but my morning is largely free from all but the aforementioned responsibilities.

You may be asking, "Why are you telling us this?" If that's the case, then I am very glad you are asking that...not because I have a good answer, but because it means you are reading this, which in turn means the AI Algo was unsuccessful in burying this post from public view. And if that's the case, then I should probably use this opportunity to remind you that social and mainstream media (SMSM) are toxic and addictive and should be avoided at all costs (for valid reasons described in prior posts on this site, which you should definitely peruse!).

I guess that's about it. Don't forget to come to my birthday party on Sunday 1/11 @ the Brix Cider House in Mt Horeb WI.

Fin.

Three is the Magic Number

Hi Dear Readers!

Happy Boxing Day and I hope this post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I was thinking this morning...you know...THREE really is the magic number.

That's all I had. I can't find any empirical basis for THREE being the magic number, it just kind of is. THREE is the last of the triple CONSECUTIVE prime numbers (also comprising ONE and TWO), I think. Three also gives us the word THRICE, as in "the rock-n-roll band GUPPY EFFECT has THRICE the rocking power of other name bands."

The Tenets of the Church of Bike With Joe come in a triple package - a 100% plant based diet, daily aerobic exercise, and complete abstinence from social and mainstream media (SMSM). There is another minor religion out there that has something called the Holy Trinity. It describes that religions's weird deity, with it's multiple personalities.

Well, it's the day after Christmas - also known as Boxing Day in Australia and other British Commonwealth countries (a historical relic in which the "hired help" are given small gift boxes...often containing the undesirable primary gifts that are secondarily re-gifted, or so I am told).

There is much to be thankful for. So, have at it.

Fin.

Boycotting for Beginners

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I'll jump right in. One of the best ways you can bring positivity into the world and find spiritual enlightenment is by boycotting big and diabolical businesses, especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 

"But Joe...how do I know what businesses are big and diabolical?" It's a great question and the answer is..."don't worry about it. Simply spend, if you absolutely have to spend, at small, local, and benevolent businesses." These businesses are easy to identify and they are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with the big and diabolical businesses. So, if you spend your money at the small, local, and benevolent businesses ONLY, you will de facto be boycotting the big and diabolical businesses (while supporting your local community and minimizing your ecological footprint). Does that make sense?

Also, go vegan and get some exercise daily.

Fin.

A Holiday Challenge From Me to You

Hi Dear Readers!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve.

I am proposing a holiday challenge for all the omnivores out there...and it won't be easy: GO VEGAN ON THANKSGIVING DAY. Tough one, eh?

But...if you succeed, leave a comment below. We expect ZERO comments, because people are weak and social conventions (like slaughtering millions of birds and eating them) are strong. But if you manage to complete the challenge, we want to recognize you!

Fin

Fun

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I am about to intentionally target some DFUs by hopping on the Peloton bike trainer for about an hour, followed by some DFU-obliterating rock-n-roll music practice, before rounding out the day with some decluttering of the basement.

I fasted completely from toxic social and mainstream media (SMSM) yesterday, and my battery is fully recharged as a result. I plan to continue fasting from SMSM for the remainder of the weekend. You can think of SMSM as like air pollution...except it is mind pollution.

That's about all I had for today.

Fin.

The Week Ahead

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs) in your life.

I'm just coming down off of a PHENOMENAL weekend. On Saturday morning, I biked the 50 mile round trip from Madison WI to New Glarus WI, a ride intentionally dedicated to the demise of DFUs in my life. The town of New Glarus was having their annual Oktoberfest celebration, and I met Deborah, Gretchen, and the step grandkids there, for a couple hours of polka mosh pit (for the kids) and a pizza lunch at Sugar River Pizza, after which I made the return trek back to Mad Town.

I was a little anxious about the planned bike route to New Glarus in the morning. It ended up being mostly bike trail (rail to trail), albeit some of it unpaved crushed limestone, with a couple miles of deserted (and modestly hilly) country roadways into and out of New Glarus. The weather was phenomenal. Overall, it was a great time.

Some other stuff happened over the weekend too, but that was really the highlight, I think. Especially because it did some serious damage to the DFUs.

I'll end by reminding people that the path to salvation (aka, mental, physical, and spiritual wellness - MPSW) is three-fold: 1. eat a plant based vegan diet; 2. exercise aerobically daily; 3. boycott all social and mainstream media. You don't have to do those things, obviously. But I cannot guarantee MPSW if you don't.

Take care!

Fin.

Relaxation Time

Hi Dear Readers!

You know the usual opening greeting by now, so say it to yourself and let's get into it.

I had a fairly fruitful (literally) and productive morning. I got up a little before 8 AM and poured my usual cup of coffee before taking care of the dogs. I had vegan strawberry yogurt, a cosmic apple, some grapes, and toast with vegan butter and jam for breakfast. I cut up three sweet potatoes into cubes and put them in a baggy in the freezer, for later use in the African sweet potato peanut stew I will likely whip up tonight after GUPPY EFFECT band practice. Then I pre-practiced a few songs in anticipation of said practice, before changing into bicycling garb and tooling over to Pinnacle, where I met Deborah (who drove her car there), to relax by and in the outdoor pool. That's actually where I am right now as I write this. We'll probably swim a few laps if some lanes open up in the pool. It's crowded here today, probably because it is a weekend and hot.

I'll tool home about 2 PM to meet Stefan at my house for band practice at 3 PM. GUPPY EFFECT has a show next Saturday 8/2 @ Bierock in Waunakee WI (actually, it's still Madison, I think). I'm geeked for the rocking, which will follow an intense week of seeing marriage and family therapy clients.

Fin.

I Suppose

Well, Dear Readers, I suppose I should post.

The Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs) are not having their greatest week. And that's awesome. It means our collective intentional daily action steps to thwart them are working.

If you recall last weekend's random post, I set myself a wellness challenge for this past week to abstain from all social and mainstream media (SMSM). Since that's my default setting, it wasn't really that hard to do, but I was a little more assertive about it. For example, when Deborah asked, "Can we listen to the news?" I responded, "Nope." And she respected that. Were it not for the wellness challenge, I would have responded with a more passive, "I don't care." It's a mindset thing. You get what I'm saying?

Deborah and I had a wonderful mini-vacation to the pool yesterday evening. We didn't stay too long, because it was an atypically chilly day for mid-July. But we did 30 minutes of weight training beforehand, and we both agree that is paying off in terms of health and wellness.

I had to work a little bit today (Saturday). I was supposed to have two marriage and family Teletherapy clients, but one did not show up for the online session. So it was a light work day. I have a Systems Theory Consult Group meeting this afternoon, but I don't really identify that as work. It's more of a way to stay connected with some experts in my field. I plan to bike to the meeting by way of the Bloom Bakery, where I will score some vegan donuts for the group and a few additional vegan treats for Deborah and I.

I don't know what the rest of the day entails after that. Probably chilling at home. I might practice a bit of music ahead of the GUPPY EFFECT rock-n-roll gigs on 8/2 and 8/10.

Fin.

Sunday Funday

Hi Dear Readers.

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps foe defeating Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

This is your weekly Sunday reminder that the single most important thing you can do for your mental, physical, and spiritual health is GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. Boycott it completely.

It takes about three weeks of social media abstinence to overcome the addictive dependency most people have on it. But it is very possible to do, if you substitute other positive activities for social media use instead. The main reason people succumb to social media use is boredom. If you stay actively involved in non-boring things, you will do fine. There are a gazillion pretty easy and no/low cost positive activities you can choose from, if you give it a little thought (I recommend inventorying a list of five to ten of these). Get out into nature and walk around using your five senses. Read/listen to a book. Watch a movie or TV show series. Make a recipe and eat it. Ride a bike. Explore the public transit system in your city. 

The main reason people turn to social media to alleviate boredom is the EASE of doing so. It's really not all that rewarding (small dopamine bump) and sometimes it leaves you feeling drained and angry (very negative emotions). But social media use is SO EASY, by design, that people will usually just pull out their smart phones and succumb to it, sometimes for a much longer time than is healthy. Alternative positive activities may take a little more effort to get going on, but not that much more, and they are often significantly more rewarding and time limited. So don't let ease be the enemy of your optimized enjoyment. Someday you are going to die and when you are on your death bed, are you going to be happy about how much time you spent on social media?

What's in store today, you ask? If all goes to plan, there will be exercise and rocking. I'm not sure of the exact order yet, but it will likely go something like this: pre-practice GUPPY EFFECT songs this morning (while Deborah sleeps in), in anticipation of this afternoon's GUPPY EFFECT band practice; bike to the gym for a swim and some lounging by the pool (great weather today); have the aforementioned GUPPY EFFECT band practice; and unscheduled time in the evening. Of course, I'll intentionally observe the Tenets of the Church of Bike With Joe, eating only vegan food, exercising, and abstaining from toxic social and mainstream media (SMSM).

Fin.

Weekend Looming

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

I wish this blog found more people. Because a lot of the insights here are pretty good, if I do say so myself. Today's insight is that social media (SM) is a toxic thing that causes mass psychosis in the population, unbeknownst to them. I am sure everyone reading this is like, "Oh, that's not me...I have free will and critical thinking capabilities." And that's the issue. Everyone reading this is wrong about that. Social media decides what you will see (and therefore prioritize) on it and it will give you opinions to hold on it that reinforce your preexisting notions about whatever it is. I think everyone knows this by now. Until you accept its power over your thoughts and feelings - and sometimes actions - you will be enslaved to it. AI has only made the problem exponentially worse.

It's Deborah's birthday this weekend and we are going to fill the time with FUN. We're getting dinner tonight at Luigi's Pizzeria, with some additional family joining (not gonna lie...I could do without the additional family and both Deborah and I would prefer a one on one outing with each other...but convention dictates we have to accommodate the family, who are probably going to stick us with the tab, totally against convention...sigh!). On Saturday, I think we are going to head downtown and hit the farmer's market followed by the Art Fair Off the Square. I'm hopeful that I can encourage Deborah to ride bikes downtown instead of driving, to avoid traffic and parking, or at least agree to take the BRT bus down there.

On Sunday, I might do a morning bike ride, and I definitely have GUPPY EFFECT band practice in the afternoon.

Fin.

We Are There

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). It has been a while since I have posted. I apologize for any gap or void in your joyful experience that may have been caused by that, but I do have a plausible excuse. I was waging my own personal battle with the DFUs. And I am happy to report a major victory.

We (meaning all of us protectors and advocates of Wholesome Goodness in the Cosmos (WGC)) are now officially in the Age of Positive Dark Magic (APDM). If these terms sound foreign to you and make no sense, that's because they are brand new. We have never been here before. And it is a very good spiritual place to be. Henceforth, DFU destroying DM is - as of today - pouring prolifically into this world from the Spirit Realm and wreaking chaos, havoc, and justice (karmic and legal) on the DFUs.

I am hopeful and confident I can keep the DM portal open for the next three to four weeks, which should allow enough DM into this world to finally rid us of some of the more egregious and toxic DFUs.

OK. Stay hopeful and positive. Be kind and compassionate. Do your best and don't take anything personally.* Be impeccable with your word and don't make assumptions.* If you can do all those things, victory over the DFUs is guaranteed.

Have an awesome day!

Fin.

*NOTE: The asterisked recommendations are from The Four Agreements, a great spiritual guide for happiness and wellness. The Four Agreements, broadly practiced and applied by humanity, could actually save the world.

A Spell

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, and/or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs).

It has been quite a spell since I posted. I could make a case that I have been busily consuming curated information on the state of the Universe, but that would be hyperbolic. I have done some of that, and I have results to share below, but I have actually been mostly busy enjoying the analog life for the past 10 days or so. A lot of outdoor bike riding and a performance at the Vegan Sausage Fest, intentionally targeted at the demise of the DFUs.

Here's what my analysis of the state of the Universe has elucidated: 1. Avoid social and mainstream media (SMSM) as much as you possibly can. It's super toxic and highly addictive, and it reprograms your brain in a very destructive way. Think of your eyeballs as the interface through which the social media algorithms enter your brain and begin the wholesale reorganization of your thought processes, including undermining your critical thinking abilities. Insidious.

Now, many of my readers will scoff at this, believing their free will and critical thinking abilities to be unimpeachable. And that's OK...science really does not care. In fact, there is a very easy way to illustrate this using the scientific method.

NULL HYPOTHESIS: SMSM does not have any ability to reprogram my critical thinking abilities.

EXPERIMENT: Expose yourself to SMSM with a sociopolitical biases toward beliefs opposite to the ones you currently hold for one month.

OUTCOME: See if your beliefs have changed after this exposure compared with baseline.

QED.

It also would not hurt to vote with your dollars by buying local at mom and pop shops and avoiding big multinational retailers.

Alright, take care.

Fin.

No Ordinary Tuesday

Hi Dear Readers!

I hope this blog post finds you and brings you joy, insight, or action steps for defeating the Diabolical Forces in the Universe (DFUs). As it turns out, reading this blog has been clinically proven to improve your physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.

It feels like a good day to me. Does it feel like a good day to you? I don't know why, but I feel like something very positive for the Cosmos will happen today. We'll see, I guess.

I'll be manifesting my usual amount of Dark Magic today. After seeing a couple of marriage and family therapy clients this morning, I will pound out a DM-generating Peloton workout directed at the demise of the high priority DFUs. As usual, I'll be generating a baseline level of DFU-defeating DM by adhering to a whole food, plant based way of eating AND abstaining from toxic social and mainstream media (SMSM).

That's a good segue into reminding you that consumption of SMSM is incredibly toxic to your mind, body, and soul. The lethal dose is about 10 minutes of exposure per day. If you simply have to consume SMSM, please limit your use to less than that! Remember that the easiest way to keep DFUs out of your life is to abstain from SMSM entirely, since that is the only access point into your life for nearly 99% of all DFUs.

Fin.