Welcome to the Drunken Mumbler…
A blog for Men, with facts, fiction, and mental health tips strewn in with rambling thoughts and a dose of bullshit. Everything here will not be completely coherent or without contradiction – that’s kinda’ the point. This is the examination toward an authentic life. Cheers.
Efficiency is not Pleasurable
We often tout efficiency as the pinnacle guiding principle on the way toward continued human achievement—almost like it’s the only metric that matters. Yes, it can be important, but what about pleasure? It’s, of course, not a binary situation—efficiency or...
Go Push a Button (analog vs. digital)
I often find myself longing for a period between the 1880s and 1950s. Not that I have any actual basis for my romanticizing of this time, but more the ideology of a pre-digital age. A quick Google search confirms that the digital age began in the ’70s. So we can...
Present But Not Available
Recently my clinical work has revealed some relationship behavioral patterns that prompted the title of this blog. It relates to (potential) romantic relationships. I’m old school and so I’m going to refer to men and women and the dynamics between them. I have...
An Abundance of Scarcity?
It’s time to get back to more thoughtful posting—perhaps..ok...well just posting in general as I look back on the last post date. And perhaps something relevant to get back on track, perhaps even something positive and uplifting. The concept of abundance vs. scarcity...
Intentionality Is Not Enough
I have this habit of trying to systematize and create models for how I think about things and ideally cause spurring thought to action more effective. I thought I had things pretty neatly structured with how I make use of the concept of ‘intentionality’. I...
Innovation?
Yes, this is another rant post. Perhaps I need to go back to COVID lockdown mode and avoid the world, as my irritation meter seems permanently stuck on a high setting. Okay, Carmel Cold-Brew M&M’s… I truly wish this were a photoshopped image above....
Media Rant
"Welcome Welcome." "We have a big show for you today." If you are chuckling to yourself you are aware that this is the daily greeting from the CBS morning news show. “Welcome, welcome” Really, Really? Isn’t one welcome enough enough? By supplying a second...
Bag Hanging 101
Some ramblings on Aesthetics vs Practicality Perhaps this is a rather thinly-veiled attempt to justify my obsessiveness versus an actual intellectual consideration, but here goes. Recently, I was tasked with putting up hooks for several bags. When I say bags I mean a...
Evolutionary Biology, something missing?
What could possibly be missing from an explanation of all explanations? Isn't an explanatory model that offers an explanation for anything just great? Well, not really. I’m pretty burned out on the evolutionary biological explanation for every damn trait, behavior,...
I’ll Take Distraction for the Win
So much of the talk now is about how ‘bad’ distraction is for us. How we need to focus more, be more present, stop and smell the roses because hey, we only go around once right? Well yea that last part is true but distraction is not all that bad. In fact, it’s better...
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