Anti-Robot Club (ARC) is a community that is constantly looking to expand and provide new opportunities for creatives to display their talents and reach a wider audience. Their tagline states they are “dedicated to the preservation of mankind through a series of social gatherings and creative campaigns.” The marketplaces they host throughout the year feature […]
Does your mobile device have your attention gripped in a chokehold? Are you sputtering, attempting to breathe the air of the real world? Perhaps that’s why you picked up this anachronistic stack of newsprint in the year 2024. For a few years now, I have been on a personal quest to minimize the precious hours […]
It’s Friday night. I’m sitting on my couch watching every episode of The Office for the third time this year. I look at my cell phone – no calls, no texts. I look at my social media – no comments, no likes. This is when it happens. Thick and heavy tendrils of emptiness and yearning […]
Taped 2:30 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2023. John Kotula (Motif): Excuse me, Independent Man… uh, I’m John Kotula. I brought you a latte. Independent Man: Well thank you. That was thoughtful of you. JK: Yeah, well ever since I read that you were going to be lowered from the top of the State House and […]
It’s 7 o’clock on a gloomy Monday morning and my alarm starts to sing its annoying Grammy snubbed tune called “Get your a$$ up.” Eye fortunately pressed its proverbial Kryptonite aka “the Snooze button” to afford myself at least another fifteen minutes of slumber. As eye nestle my body back into the cozy comfort of […]
For the past 70 years, I projected that my golden years were a long way off. But was I wrong? Today, people drive past me yelling stuff like “Move over you old blankety-blank-blank!” And believe me, they’re not saying I look like Brad Pitt. People over 60 face a variety of Herculean challenges. From health […]
At the risk of never getting a cushy writing gig for Hasbro, what the actual sh**, Hasbro?! For those who didn’t hear, Hasbro laid off somewhere around a thousand people, almost all, if not all, of their Wizard’s of the Coast division (WOTC). This is darkly hilarious, since earlier this year Hasbro’s corporate hegemony tried […]
I’ve been using a heating pad in the winter months for years. It doesn’t matter if my back is hurting or not. I’ve always found the warmth of the heating pad incredibly comforting, especially when topped with a blanket. I put it on the highest setting and let this small electronic device cozy up my […]
The best part of the holiday season is tradition. Many families plan activities year in and year out, which is something most people look forward to (minus the jaded teenagers). Holiday movies are a tradition that shouldn’t get tiresome because they’re enjoyable, they help enhance the holiday spirit, and most importantly they can be watched […]
Winter – when the sun is down by 4:30pm and most things, including my motivation, start to shrivel. Last year, after a bad bout of seasonal affective disorder, I came to terms with the fact that leaving the house was both a necessary evil and part of the antidote. Despite this, I knew that committing […]