There is a trend here on Medium and the internet as a whole rife with braggart posts about how people, seemingly effortlessly, earn tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars—sometimes even millions. All sorts of words and catch phrases get tossed around: Effortlessly. Passive income. Quick side gig…

Let’s start with a statistic regarding plastics. In roughly the last 100 years, humans have managed to generate 9.2 billion tons of plastic on this planet. Okay, forget that for a moment. We’ll get back to that. Every few years, when people run for office, we are all collectively blessed…

I’m a moderate liberal who gets pegged as a conservative by some of my liberal friends. I likely agree with every big left-leaning issue you can think of but still some people I know assumed I was a Trump supporter just because I have been critical of the radical left. …

This was originally posted on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Think you are open minded? Think again. No one ever notices how deeply ingrained social conventions and cultural stereotypes are until a bunch of teenage boys and grown men decide to start watching My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, a show…

I have 35 years of working experience as a visual artist and no one in a position to pay me seems to care. — This is going to take a while to unpack so get comfy. Recently much of the world has finally realized that people can get their work accomplished from home. Remote job postings on LinkedIn have been increasing. Because of this I have been applying to hundreds of remote visual art…

Do you consider yourself a liberal, moderate liberal, or a centrist, but find that some of your friends, family, or online acquaintances are behaving oddly? Are you afraid to ask any questions, or post anything even mildly political online? Do you feel like all your political thoughts are being scrutinized…

A Short Story By Adam Furgang — September 1, 2020 We all sleep every night. The same location. The inner mind. We ready ourselves. Wash up. Brush teeth. Get comfy. Wind down. Unspool. Crawl into bed and turn off the lights. Soon your eyes grow heavy. Soon sleep overwhelms your…

Depression kills your soul while you are alive, walking, and thinking — It comes on suddenly. Sometimes when you feel perfectly fine. What is it? It’s not sadness. It’s depression. It can’t be easily discussed away. Despite what all the literature says, and what every book and pamphlet professes, no amount of reaching out to pretty much anyone has ever really helped…

Last week my family and I went to Cape Cod to get in a brief trip before the summer ends. Cape Cod is a good location to socially distance and still enjoy relaxing walks on the beach, swimming, and some seafood dinners. All in all the Cape was very well…