seanessay.com I follow the blog of Penelope Trunk. I was inspired to comment on her office politics article Don’t Skip Pills—Even If It Seems Interesting. (Link) Sean: I don’t know much about medication, but I do know that if someone is living with schizophrenia, controlled by medication, and if that person goes off their medication, […]
Report From the Trenches on Tariffs
seanessay.com Who can you ask, if you live in the US, about the effect of tariffs? And why do I stress “trenches”? Last week, by way of illustration about “who to ask,” someone posted that our big creative building, C-space, would be closed for both Good Friday and Easter Monday. I responded, “Do you know […]
Purely and Truly in the Arena
seanessay.com I worry about being “good enough” for meeting the writing standards of a mysterious “they,” the authorities in my head—and the standards of my harsh parents, who would today despise my academic clutter and my unmanageable piles of books that aren’t shiny, that don’t fit on my available shelves… As a schoolboy, when my […]
People Laughing at Trump and his White House Signal Gate
seanessay.com Today I present a parody song, from the Marsh Family, about the “signalgate” scandal. plus more Trump jokes taken from comments on a single Youtube (see footnotes). As you know, when a journalist reported that there was a scandal of an unsecured chat, that included an American envoy in Moscow, several high ranking people […]
A Canadian Laughs at Trump
seanessay.com One of the symptoms of this modern insanity is that people aren’t laughing enough. But to my surprise, on just one Youtube newscast, the comments had humour, most of it caused a smile, some made me laugh out loud. I will put the Youtube source in the footnotes, but for now, here is some […]
Stargate Atlantis and Tears for Ukraine
seanessay.com Datelined March 15, 2025, short weeks after President Zelensky was “ambushed” in the White House Oval Office by Trump and Vance, who then proceeded to cut off all arms, ammunition and intelligence sharing. I am posting three Youtube clips partly because, in the end, they speak to me about the cold US treatment of […]