Fear

It was right before Closing Ceremony and my phone buzzed. Normally I don’t carry it at a Festival, but I’d been tracking my steps so it was tucked into my back pocket. “Franko’s keen for you to do the announcement at Closing Ceremony.” What? Fuck. Ok. The announcement was a big one — that NZ Spirit would be releasing 120 NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that give the owners lifetime access to NZ Spirit Festival.

What’s “Pro-Life” About Their Agenda? — I spent most of my day yesterday scrambling around the internet in search of baby formula for my newborn granddaughter, while my daughter went back to the hospital where she gave birth on Monday and made numerous phone calls to the local WIC agency. The hospital was able to provide…

F**k it, just do it — Day 3 of my Zero-Fear Challenge — On the third day of my Zero-Fear Challenge, I went to a networking event. It was my first one, and I didn’t know what to expect. But it surely wasn’t this. It was a networking event organized by a company that helps people set up their online businesses. Seeing these…

Here’s an article about passive aggressiveness at work (which is something that ideally would have ended in the 1400s), and the author brings up an interesting point near the end. …