Superhero Fatigue – It’s Not You, It’s The Storytelling
I don’t like to join in bashing films. It’s not fun for me. I don’t enjoy being cynical about things I love, or want to love. That said, I want to make an observation about “superhero fatigue.” It’s not that people are tired of superheroes. They’re tired of movies...
Follow Your Blixt – April 17, 2024
I'm married to an avid news follower. Each day, Jan texts me snippets of the news she consumes while she's doing other things. I've long tried to convince her to make these public. Yesterday she started doing just that, on her Threads account (@janblixt) as well as on...
Follow Your Blixt – April 18, 2024
Interesting stuff happening or happened Thursday, April 18, 2024. Not an exhaustive list. Definite liberal truth bias. By Jan Blixt (@janblixt on Threads). Voting will run in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1 for India's national elections, THE biggest democratic...
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Open Letter to President Trump
Dear Mr. President - real talk. You don’t want to be president during this #coronavirus mess. Heck, you hardly wanted to be president before this. But now things are gonna be bad. You’re gonna be attacked, pilloried and vilified. Everyone’ll be hounding...
Democratic Candidates’ Closing Arguments, via Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Watching the latest Democratic debate, a crazy thing happened to me. Someone asked me how the debate was going, and I said, “It’s a shit show.” Which immediately made me think of this song from Rachel Bloom’s amazing, criminally-underwatched show “Crazy...
This Is Why It’s Important for Men to Be Feminists
Women don't owe men anything. We, as men, owe it to women, and to ourselves, to be feminists. Here's why. Originally written for and posted by bestlifeonline.com. I have no trouble sharing my opinion. Why would I? I'm a guy. More than that, I'm a...
Andy Rooney says “Stop using me for your political B.S.”
Yesterday a friend on Facebook shared a September 9th, 2019 post that had gone thoroughly viral, being shared thousands of times. It read as follows: Everyone needs to read this. CBS and Katie Couric must be in a panic and rushing to reassure everyone that...
“Cancel Culture” and Responsibility
Let’s be clear from the start: the term “cancel culture” is bullshit. The idea behind “cancel culture” is nothing new — Mel Gibson was canceled long before the term was coined. Thirteen years ago Michael Richards get himself cancelled for spewing racist...
Dash Chats: Minecraft Philosophy
A couple years back, I was explaining racism to my son, Dash. He was baffled by it, as was I at his age. He lives in a truly diverse neighborhood and goes to a truly diverse school. While he’d studied racism in class, he thought it was a thing of the...
A Story of a Blessing and a Curse
I have the rather dubious distinction of having been both thrown out of the Vatican, and blessed by the Pope. Though not on the same day. The Vatican Incident (a good Robert Ludlum title) happened while I was on a semester abroad with Eastern Michigan...
Rethinking Romance
“Winning the girl.” “Falling for a man.” “You complete me.” “I need you.” These have been the phrases of lovers for the last hundred years, if not the last thousand. And they all need to be retired. Starting with the last, let me say it plain — need is...
The Secret Truth About Cheating
I was once engaged to someone I shouldn’t have been. Let’s call her Carol. We were not kind to one another. She made a point of ruining my best days. I looked down on her. It wasn’t healthy, and I’m so very grateful we did not go through with getting...
The Only Relationship Question You Ever Need To Answer
Over the years, a fair number of people have approached my wife and me for relationship advice. I guess we look like we have our shit together. When people ask us for the secret to our marriage, Jan often quotes an old NPR story about a couple that had...
