The Inner Monologue

Everything beyond that—the choirs, the hierarchies, the hosts of named beings with specialized roles—is largely a human construction, an elaborate lattice of faith, imagination, and cultural need built atop a slender biblical foundation. The Sparse Canon of Named Angels The Hebrew and Christian scriptures make remarkably few references to individual angels. That’s the entire biblical…

If you think music history is just a boring parade of dead white guys in wigs, let us stop you In the grand, sweeping drama of music history, few years carry the seismic weight of 1723. This wasn’t just another calendar page in the 18th century—it was the year two titans of Baroque music, Johann…

Let’s be honest—most hobbies are just elaborate money pits designed to drain your bank account while convincing you that you’re “passionate” about something. Golf? Pay to torture yourself. Gaming? Say hello to $70 DLC skins for your digital cowboy. Knitting? Congrats, you’ve now bankrupted yourself for a scarf you’ll never finish. But professional sports? Ah,…

Why Waste Money on Insurance When GoFundMe Exists? A Totally Serious Financial Guide Let’s be real: Insurance is so last century. Why bother with tedious premiums, confusing deductibles, or the audacity of planning ahead when you can just crowdsource your disasters like a modern-day Dickens character? Here’s why GoFundMe is the only financial safety net…

Let’s get one thing straight: if you can sit through The Notebook, Marley & Me, or Up without so much as a single tear threatening to escape your cold, dead eyes, I have bad news for you—you might be a sociopath. Or, at the very least, you’re actively practicing to become one. Empathy is the…

Let’s be honest: nature is the original lazy artist. It throws a sunset at the horizon and calls it a day. It stumbles into a perfect meadow by sheer geological accident, shrugs, and says, “Yeah, that’ll do.” Mountains? Just tectonic plates having a bad day. Flowers? A happy little side effect of bees needing something…

Jim Henson is widely regarded as one of the most influential creative minds of the 20th century, best known as the creator of the Muppets, The Muppet Show, and numerous beloved characters. While his legacy is firmly established in entertainment history, his untimely death—and the remarkable longevity of many associated with his most famous project—has…

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the modern miracle of psychiatry, where any behavior that annoys, inconveniences, or challenges the status quo can be neatly repackaged as a symptom. Forget demonic possession or witchcraft—today, we have something far more sophisticated: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the ever-expanding bible of “what’s wrong…

Retirement is often seen as the ultimate finish line—a reward for decades of hard work. But those who’ve crossed that threshold know it’s not just an endless vacation. It’s a whole new way of living, with its own lessons and surprises. If you’re still in the workforce, you might imagine retirement as a blur of…

Oh, this is rich. You wanna wave your little flag, scream about “socialism” at town halls, and then turn around and cash your Social Security check like it’s some kind of patriotic duty? PATHETIC. You’re not a conservative—you’re a hypocrite with a MAGA hat. SOCIALIST SECURITY? COMMYCARE? YOU MEAN YOUR GOVERNMENT CRUTCHES? You spent your…