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Banality of Chaos
documenting the banality of living in chaotic times
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Political Awareness & Mental Illness
zaron5551
Jun 5, 2017
Escaping the Chaos
I recently managed to spend most of a day free from the political chaos. A banal day. I hope it offers some insight into the banality…
zaron5551
Feb 15, 2017
Depression and Activism
It feels like I’ve spent the last two weeks curled up in my chair scrolling through Twitter while repeats of bad television play in the…
zaron5551
Feb 14, 2017
Gerrymandering and the Death of Our Democracy
If you’re a political junkie you know how bad gerrymandering is. It distorts fair representation. It allows unpopular policies and parties…
zaron5551
Feb 2, 2017
Dispatch From a Sister March: An Anxious Guy Marches
As soon as I dropped the guy I care for off to go with his mom to Portland I started getting nervous. I thought I’d go on a long walk and…
zaron5551
Jan 24, 2017
Inauguration Migraine
I’m at the end of my second day of a migraine. It’s subsided a little bit which is how I’m sitting in front of a bright screen with feeling…
zaron5551
Jan 20, 2017
A Gish Gallop of Awful
The last few day of Trump news has been a Gish Gallop of awful. A Gish Gallop is a debate technique where a creationist overwhelms a debate…
zaron5551
Jan 13, 2017
Snow is Bad for Your Health: Caregiving, Autism, and Depression
We’re less than a week into the new year and already it’s been terrible for me. I’m a caregiver for a guy with autism which has it’s ups…
zaron5551
Jan 6, 2017
My Resolution: Deal with Bullshit
It’s snowing out, but it’s still warm enough and the ground’s still wet enough that it’s not really sticking. It’s become a cold winter…
zaron5551
Jan 1, 2017
Trump, Corruption, and Ineptitude
Should we be happy if Trump turns out to be just an especially corrupt Republican? On one hand that isn’t the worst case scenario, the…
zaron5551
Dec 29, 2016
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