Working for a Living is Unnatural Torture

Is there really any doubt?
Salaried employment interferes with our natural sleep cycles - where’s my goddamned afternoon nap?  It forces us to spend our day among strangers, which naturally induces anxiety among humans.  It forces us to be answerable to a near-stranger, who is quite likely to be stupider, less qualified and, now that I’m […]

Muay Thai

Last night, my son and I went to see a Muay Thai boxing match.  This is not the sort of thing I usually do, but my nephew was fighting for the Canadian welterweight championship and I felt that he should have some family support there.
I hadn’t been to a match before, so I found some […]

It’s So Nice To Be Loved

So there I am, offering to give up my name, and not one of you, nobody, stops by to say, “No, Schad.  You keep it.  You’re just as good as that guy.”  You know - you could lie to me.
Instead, I get crickets chirruping, and somebody bitching about a Peanuts comic, for God’s sake (I […]

Time to Retire This Name (Schadenfreude)

I’m not worthy.
All reasonable suggestions for a new pseudonym will be considered.

Now Why didn’t I Think Of That?

It’s nice to get the recognition, though.
Thank God the duck was all right.

Who Is Olga Swan?

And why is she talking about me?