seanessay.com A talk radio show here in Britain said it takes 16 years to save for a first down payment for a house—in London it’s 30 years. If you save money via no avocado, no toast, and no coffee then you will have enough in 34 years—I don’t know about London. Supply and Demand means […]
Congressmen Give Aid and Comfort to Russian Trolls
seanessay.com Amongst some Youtube comments the other day I read a guy angrily saying, “If (Ukrainian president) Zelensky didn’t have yachts…” That’s “yacht-S,” plural. Heck, I think even Putin’s oligarchs only own one. The commenter’s outrage came from him reading social media, from reading a story put out by someone in a room with cubicles […]
Nerds and Nerd Proofing
seanessay.com As you can appreciate, something I never do is disturb people by telling them “I used to be a nerd” or joke, “Well, I’m a recovering nerd.” Because they get a furrowed brow and burst out, “But you’re not a nerd!” Not now. Not visibly. (Not much) Call me nerd proofed. Last week I […]
At Home Outside the Home
seanessay.com A newsletter headline: (after folks painted a mural on a cul-de-sac) Community is about doing something together that makes belonging matter. Head Office Highlights, September 2023 Last week, regarding voting, I mentioned a man from a patriarchal planet coercing his wife’s vote. This week I met an acquaintance who said his little woman doesn’t […]
Facing the Truth, With Fearful Awareness
seanessay.com We all have strengths and weaknesses to be aware of. As for strengths, I remember folks in a fitness class I taught being delighted and telling me that I had a good sense of how fit they were: I had to know my own strength. Once I was hiking as part of my role […]
Some Cultures are More Equal than Others: Judging Moscow
seanessay.com Prologue Canada’s most famous liberal led the liberal Members of Parliament out of the room when the House of Commons was about to vote on whether the Chinese communist government was committing genocide. Under that prime minister’s watch, Canada has yet to erect a controversial memorial to the victims of communism… Maybe being fed […]