Category Archives: Personal

Gone Tribal

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Luke Ford

There’s nothing so beautiful that it cannot be perverted and debased and ultimately used for evil. Love is great, but sometimes love leads to murder. Marriage is great, but sometimes marriage leads to murder. Religion is great, but sometimes religion … Continue reading →

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Yo Filing

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Luke Ford

* Employers have called me, “Yo Filing”, because whenever they ask me what I’m doing, I look up from Facebook and say, “Yo, filing.” * If a crank is somebody you’d be embarrassed to introduce your mother to, then I … Continue reading →

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How Do I Become A Good Uncle?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Luke Ford

I’ll be in Australia May 27 to June 13 and I’ll hope to see my nieces for the first time in 14 years. How do I become a good uncle? I fear I’ve been lacking in this department. My friends … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theories

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Luke Ford

* I can hear my Uncle Val telling me from beyond the grave — “Keep your bowels open and your mouth shut!” He was a communist. The Fords are genetically attracted to marginal unpopular conspiracy theories because they prove to … Continue reading →

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I Love Role-Playing Games

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Luke Ford

When I’ve had girlfriends, we’d sometimes pretend to be somebody else in some weird situation with a dramatic power disparity. In these games, I got to pretend to be very powerful. Sometimes, we invoked certain gender and ethnic stereotypes to … Continue reading →

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If I Found A Good Job, I Wouldn’t Mind Moving Back To Australia

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Luke Ford

I’ll be visiting Brisbane, QLD, from May 27 to June 13.

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Mea Culpa

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Luke Ford

I screwed up at work, sending out a business letter saying that the client “was eating her friend.” I forgot the word “with.” Can’t believe how many friends I’ve retained through my bouts of manic in your face postings. A … Continue reading →

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Impatient, Arrogant & Condescending

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Luke Ford

I’m fascinated by how I’ve inherited these unpleasant traits from some of my ancestors and how these traits continue down in my family line with some of my relatives. If I’m not careful, I become impatient with anyone who does … Continue reading →

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That’s Disgusting!

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Luke Ford

Many of my political positions are based primarily on disgust. Gay marriage, for instance, I find disgusting. I don’t find gays qua gays disgusting, but when they push homosexuality in my face, when they insist on publicly celebrating it and … Continue reading →

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Impatient At A Dinner Party

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Luke Ford

I was at a dinner party the other night and during that awkward stage when you are meeting strangers, one guy goes on for 15 minutes about the ant infestation in his apartment and I was going out of my … Continue reading →

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