Monthly Archives: July 2025

My Night Shift Is Unionized and They Hate My Day Shift

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Luke Ford

You ever feel like your brain’s a 24-hour Waffle House where the night shift’s just flinging hashbrowns at your dreams? Heidi Priebe says there’s no such thing as self-sabotage. That’s comforting. Apparently, it’s just my shadow self trying to love … Continue reading →

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I Wanted To Be the Hero of the Bonnie Tyler Song—But All I Got Was This Lousy Livestream

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Luke Ford

I want to be the hero Bonnie Tyler sings about. You know, “I need a hero! I’m holding out for a hero till the morning light!” That’s me! Or… that’s who I want to be. What I am is a … Continue reading →

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Liberal Democracy 3.0: My Society in an Age of Experts

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Luke Ford

1. Stephen Turner says we’ve shifted from democracy to expertocracy. I’m like—great! I’m perfectly unqualified. I can’t even program my remote. But I’ve got feelings, damn it. And some of them are almost rational. 2. We live in a system … Continue reading →

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My Denial Of Death

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Luke Ford

1. Ernest Becker says we build “hero systems” to deny our death. I became an Orthodox Jew, streamed on YouTube 5x a week, and joined 12-step groups—I’m covered. If that doesn’t beat death, it at least keeps me too busy … Continue reading →

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I Courted My Way To NYC In 1994

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Luke Ford

August, 1993. I’m 27, horny, and full of unprocessed spiritual ambition. Like Paul on the road to Damascus, but instead of Jesus, I met T.—a woman who flew out to see me at my parents’ house in Sacramento. Very romantic… … Continue reading →

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