seanessay.com Values? The Olympics? Fixing the Games? As with the meaning of “education,” or “Christmas,” if we snooze on pondering the meaning of the Olympics then we end up drifting over to the default of other people’s values. Then we lose, as many other minds are “imprisoned” from having known almost only professional sports, or […]
Olympic Dreams Gone With the Bigots
At the Tokyo Olympics, according to a CBC radio documentary, women athletes were discriminated against. Must history repeat? Can we learn? My younger self wrote about “equal rights” in my old blog, so here are patches of old essays. I can never forget her. She was a pretty biathlete who wanted to be an Olympian. […]
Second Thoughts on this Sexy Blog
seanessay.com Never mind “meaning of life,” I’m just looking for “meaning of blog.” Sometimes I leave a warm sensual bed to go sit over at my table in the early morning to post—is it worth it? I am wondering, now, for this landmark 75th entry. It’s been a year since I started with an obligatory […]
I Remember the Plane Touched Down
seanessay.com Down the rabbit hole: Third person, first person, and an essay. Prompt- the plane touched down and every one began breathing normally. Everyone had felt the jolt when something was hit, some had heard a crump, a few claimed to have seen something careening past the windows. This was a strange time to have […]
Why We Hate Canadians
seanessay.com (under 900 words) Falling down the rabbit hole. prompt- Don’t eat the snow Have you ever been to Missoula? Right on the Great Plains? Right next to Canada? Let me tell you—here in Missoula? We hate Canadians. Why? It’s too far to go to hunt or ski, but not too far for them to […]
Firefly was a Masterpiece
seanessay.com My buddy Blair (deceased) was brilliant, and I’d like to guest-post his take on the TV show Firefly… As for Firefly, you know how some shows only manage to go one season? Or only halfway, until Christmas? Firefly didn’t even make it that far. Which sounds bad, but— copies were soon flying off the […]