Thanks, Spiral (if I can call you that). But yes, we need an internet for forty plus year olds that incentives honesty and trust. The attention game we have right now is too dangerous.
@some guy being born on April fools day (along with my nephew!) is the least surprising thing I can imagine about you.
My sword story. My father was an officer in the Navy and was entitled to/purchased a sword. I would frequently steal it and practice for when I had to journey to some world of the fairies to protect humankind/cause some high lord to fall desperately in love with me.
Didn't work out, but my dad did wear his dress uniform and sword to the synagogue for my wedding. I still joke about how it was one of the few times a bunch of Christians came armed to a synagogue and it worked out just fine
I was only born on April first in a physical sense, but in a deeper more emotional sense it was definitely on July Fourth when a bolt of lightning struck the Statue of Liberty.
Swords are an important element to growing up. I need to hide one in the yard somewhere plausible for Dutch and his brother to find later. It’s a needed thing.
Your wedding sounds like it was probably a really interesting event. Was everyone segregated to each side of the aisle?
1. When I was 4 my adult neighbor Carl snapped by toy King Arthur sword across his knee for hitting him with it. He also made me drink V8 for the first time. He also was a Y2K guy and to my knowledge has found kinship with people in rural Idaho.
2. On the mind control front, I can’t believe we call the people who produce arms and munitions “The Defense Industry”. I believe this has collectively warped our image of ourselves and our foreign policy.
3. I’m buying what you’re selling, take note @substack execs
1. We need to raise awareness around Youthful Sword Tragedy (YST) because those scars can last a lifetime.
2. There’s so much of that in the world and you don’t even notice it, but if you literally just did a find and replace upon loading a page, but kept the original somewhere visible, you’d have a whole different understanding of reality you could share with other people.
3. From your mouth to the ears of Chris, Hamish, and Jairaj.
I’m a new sub, and after reading this post, I’m even more convinced I made a good decision. Also, your title (specifically the phrase, “William of Rights”) made me guffaw. It’s been a very long, busy, adulting kind of day: thanks I needed that👍🏾
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Also, so much of this resonates with me so hard, as a former journalist and now songwriter, still telling stories, still seeking truth.
Thanks, Spiral (if I can call you that). But yes, we need an internet for forty plus year olds that incentives honesty and trust. The attention game we have right now is too dangerous.
@some guy being born on April fools day (along with my nephew!) is the least surprising thing I can imagine about you.
My sword story. My father was an officer in the Navy and was entitled to/purchased a sword. I would frequently steal it and practice for when I had to journey to some world of the fairies to protect humankind/cause some high lord to fall desperately in love with me.
Didn't work out, but my dad did wear his dress uniform and sword to the synagogue for my wedding. I still joke about how it was one of the few times a bunch of Christians came armed to a synagogue and it worked out just fine
I was only born on April first in a physical sense, but in a deeper more emotional sense it was definitely on July Fourth when a bolt of lightning struck the Statue of Liberty.
Swords are an important element to growing up. I need to hide one in the yard somewhere plausible for Dutch and his brother to find later. It’s a needed thing.
Your wedding sounds like it was probably a really interesting event. Was everyone segregated to each side of the aisle?
Well it was bride and groom so mostly Jews and Glee clubbers on one side, Christians and engineers on the other
1. When I was 4 my adult neighbor Carl snapped by toy King Arthur sword across his knee for hitting him with it. He also made me drink V8 for the first time. He also was a Y2K guy and to my knowledge has found kinship with people in rural Idaho.
2. On the mind control front, I can’t believe we call the people who produce arms and munitions “The Defense Industry”. I believe this has collectively warped our image of ourselves and our foreign policy.
3. I’m buying what you’re selling, take note @substack execs
1. We need to raise awareness around Youthful Sword Tragedy (YST) because those scars can last a lifetime.
2. There’s so much of that in the world and you don’t even notice it, but if you literally just did a find and replace upon loading a page, but kept the original somewhere visible, you’d have a whole different understanding of reality you could share with other people.
3. From your mouth to the ears of Chris, Hamish, and Jairaj.
I’m a new sub, and after reading this post, I’m even more convinced I made a good decision. Also, your title (specifically the phrase, “William of Rights”) made me guffaw. It’s been a very long, busy, adulting kind of day: thanks I needed that👍🏾
These are the kinds of things I think about when I take my son in walks, the poor child.
I'd vote for you for King of America. I know you don't vote for kings, but I'll find a way.
I became a King the old fashioned way of just saying that I am.
Speaking of swords...
[cue angelic music]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!