I was listening a Rob Henderson interview where he spoke about the American Dream that “you can be anything you want to be, if you work hard enough“. On paper, he embodied this. As a child, he was raised in foster homes. He joined the military at age 17 to escape the life of his…
Author: Steve Ainslie
Another School Shooting
There was a school shooting in Nashville this week. The shooter killed 3 nine-year old kids and 3 adults before being killed by the police. There was surveillance video of the shooter entering the school and stalking the hallways with an AR 15 (of course). No video of the shooter killing people has been shown,…
Surgical Elucidation
YouTube put a video about Madonna’s plastic surgeries in my feed a few days ago. Because I’ve seen how frighteningly inhuman she has looked in recent years, I watched the video. I figured it would explain her botched facelifts. Instead, I learned something. Actually, I learned a lot. The video was produced by Dr. Gary…
High School Privilege
When I was in high school, I attended the local public school that was a few blocks away from my house. I got myself into the gifted program on day 1 and quickly established myself as an academic all-star so I was segregated into the most difficult courses with some of the best teachers. Except…
Academic Bubble
I listened to a podcast today about choosing a career based on your talents rather than your passions. The guest speaker was a 40 year-tenured Stanford professor who has authored serval books, started multiple businesses, consulted with many tech startups and is a sought after keynote speaker. He stated that people should “just talk to…
Normal Sucks
I just finished reading “Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines“ by Jonathan Mooney. I stumbled across this book at the library and was attracted by the title. I thought it would be about living unconventionally and thriving outside of society conventional norms. It is. In part. It’s the story of…
None Of It Matters
When I am seeking a distraction, I’ll scan the news headlines. My news feeds push 3 types of stories: International News, National News and Local News. 99% of it doesn’t matter to me at all. I’m not saying the articles don’t evoke empathy, disgust, anger or fear in me. Some do. Some don’t. But what…
You Should…Ignore Me
I am a member of an online forum of “single-by-choice” people that is associated with the Solo podcast. I first joined it out of curiosity to learn how other solos live and see what they have to say. Sometimes there are thoughtful threads on specific podcast episodes. Other times people ask questions or share advice….
Giving Bad ISPs The Middle Finger
Google Fiber has finally made its way to my street! To say I’m thrilled would be an understatement. For the last 4 years, my only choices for high speed internet have been AT&T (who I refuse to use*) and Spectrum (my current provider). My problem with both AT&T and Spectrum are sketchy business practices. They…
Ms. Pat vs The Millennial
Ms. Pat was a guest on a comedy podcast that I listened to this week. She is a 50 year-old, African American woman who had 2 babies when she was a teenager, dropped out of high school, sold drugs and went to jail for a year, adopted 4 kids from a relative who abandoned them,…