
Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.
2025.07.11
Between work shifts and a low level travel anxiety I kind of get... I do think the trick is threading this needle of worry. Be too blasé and nothing gets done, and you could end in a worse situation. Be too anxious and you might end up being unproductive in avoidance strategies and the like, besides being miserable all along.
(Not that we have full control over how anxious we feel, but we do have some... where we direct our attentions to, how we reassure ourselves that resiliency will see us through.)
2025.07.10
let's see if your balls feel less clammy... ... they do! they feel fresh
2025.07.09
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2025.07.07
It's hard to convey just how big the new budget makes the country's immigration enforcement infrastructure.
The Bureau of Prisons? Bigger than that. The FBI? Bigger. The Marine Corps? Bigger even than that, by some estimates.
2025.07.06

Played some would you rather - not quite that list but similar...
2025.07.05