Sometimes I go into someone’s place and have a peek at their bookshelf. Often enough, they’ll ask which ones I’ve read.

And also fairly often I can answer truthfully, “All of them.”

I love doing that. Don’t know why.

It's fun that a meals can vary by orders of magnitude in price without being objectively better or worse

— Misha (@drethelin) July 17, 2025

One of the best meals I’ve had in my life was catfish I caught myself on a cane pole (yes, it can be done) that I made myself, with the fish gutted and cleaned by me as well, cooked by my grandma, with some potatoes and squash from my grandpa’s garden on the side.

Total cost (not including time): Approximately $0.35 in today’s dollars for the oil and power.

That fish was only 30 minutes out of one of the cleanest rivers in Florida and combined with my gran’s Southern-style cooking it was beyond glorious. It’s one of those meals that I sit around and reminisce about idly sometimes.

I’ve had $100+ meals that weren’t even 1/10 as good as that.

It’s kind of weird to be fit enough that every time I go into a crowded grocery store at least 2-3 women stare at me thirstily.

I can see how women would get tired of that sort of attention, though I think they complain about it too much (because it’s a way of saying, “I’m so attractive!” without directly starting it). But that’s from the perspective of the average man, who often gets absolutely no attention at all ever. That is the default male experience — invisibility and disposability.

Women can claim what they like, but it’s a horrible way to live.

Has anyone worked 75 hour weeks?

More than. I’ve worked two full-time (in person) jobs back to back before, so yeah, I have.

If you’re wondering how I was night shift manager while also gaining help desk experience at the same time, that’s how. I usually started about 10AM at my helpdesk job and finished that about 6PM. After a quick bite, I started my night shift manager job and did that till 2-3AM.

And repeat. It was incredibly hard and I’d never do that again. I lived that way for over a year. Luckily I do not need much sleep or it would’ve been untenable. As it was I felt a decade older after that year+ was up.

Hilariously, while I was doing all of that was when my horrible narcissistic ex accused me of having “no ambition.”

If working two full-time roles at the same time to further your career isn’t an example of pure fucking ambition, I have no idea what might be.

Bryan the Loreless https://t.co/vzYq5YhlJ6

— Misha (@drethelin) July 7, 2025

Paratroopers always have lore. We generate lore like crazy.

One of Gen Z’s problem is they don’t want the world to be this way. But it is and ever will be. And I love it, especially after how I grew up I fucking love it.

Shave my hair and move to Indonesia? I can do it. Decide to become a goat farmer? It can be done. Most limits people have are self-created. And to borrow something from the philosopher Baby Queen (and my current tagline), “If it’s inconsequential then there′s infinite potential.”

That’s the very best thing about this universe in my book.

Have a summer student and wish they would stay forever. A love letter to competence.

I still miss the competence and intelligence of an intern I worked with over six years ago now. Oh my god she was so sharp and learned things so very quickly. I do sometimes sit around thinking (unfairly, tbh), “If M were here, she’d just have this done right the first time.”

In some ways, it’s bad to be spoiled by a 1 in 10,000 as the other 9,999 you get aren’t going to be that.

I have a theory that everyone consumed a piece of media between 9-13 years old that is the foundation of their entire worldview. Everything they learnt since was stacked on top of this. It's a great dinner question to ask people.

— George Mack (@george__mack) June 16, 2025

I wouldn’t say it’s the foundation completely, but for me this was watching MTV in general. MTV showed me there was a less closed-minded, freer, better world that I too would be able participate in when I could escape from Lake City, Florida.

And there was. And I did. Go me.

After nearly a year of owning a home, we are happy we did finally pulled the trigger on buying. Our carrying costs (even with absurdly high California taxes) are pretty low, the house has not required a lot of maintenance and the neighborhood itself has been fine.

It’s certainly nice having no rent to pay. And no one — besides eminent domain from the gummint — can kick us out. (There is no HOA.) This will be very helpful in the depression that is coming where probably about half of the US will lose their homes.

It was a good decision for us.