Easter Sunday. Time to evaluate if we have the proper balance in our lives between hope in miracles and the reality of disappointment.

Tiger Woods is a jagoff. And you’re a corporate, brainwashed fool if you root for him. Yet the angry fans hate if you’re not all about Tiger. Why? Because Donald Trump is one of the most despicable world leaders of all time.

What is Integrity? I propose here that it is effectively picking your battles and being willing to look like the “bad guy” in moments where your principles dictate that conflict is necessary.

Growing up is overrated. It’s a killer of the imagination. It’s good to be wise, but it’s better to be joyful. So let’s work on reversing the trend. Let’s stop growing up.

And happy stuff.

Do Not Do DoorDash

A poem from Your Chancellor called “You’re Still Here”.

What are values? Do we build them in an effort to acquire things like wealth, power? Or are they intrinsic and do they come first. Do our values dictate our lifestyles? Or do we let our desired lifestyles dictate our values? The Chancellor says, look within. Find your place, where you belong, and you’ll find your values too.

Here’s an excerpt from a 3/22/08 radio interview I did with Sacramento, California DJ Mike Lidskin (Twirl Radio). I discuss the influence of 45s, 8-Track tapes & Helen Reddy’s “Angie Baby” on my childhood, before subsequently covering the 1974 #1 hit, written by Alan O’Day, on my 2019 release All of Them Monsters.

Ray talks about the realities of aging that people don’t generally discuss, and how to adjust to and embrace getting old.