Hindsight

If you don’t laugh about it, you’ll cry about it…

Every now and then it’s always a good idea to pause and take an in-depth analysis of where you are in life and how you’re doing, and of course in true Johnny K fashion, we have to make a program to do that! Could this be there start of a new series??

"Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with." - Adam Ant

I think we can all agree that award shows kind of suck in general and in a sense are somewhat pointless since they ignore the main part of what makes these artists and movies what they are, the fans…

"Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort." - John Ruskin

What we call order is just the human condition of always wanting to find a pattern in things that have no pattern, there is no pattern in the universe, it’s only chaos, fully random chaos…

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos." - Stephen Sondheim

You want to know the easiest way to know that you’re in the good old days before they’re gone? Simple, if you’re currently alive, these days will eventually become the good old days so appreciate them while they are around before you regret not doing the things you wanted to while you had the chance.

"Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!" - Joseph B. Wirthlin

Well I’m not sure what you expected but this episode is pretty much me gushing about Arcane for about 20 minutes so if you didn’t like the show you’re going to hate this episode but I don’t think there is a single person on the face of the planet that has watched Arcane and didn’t like it…

"TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains." - Peggy Noonan

This is technically the last state of the podcast address of the year until we do the entire year in review, crazy to think we’ve already gotten to this point. As always thank you to everyone that has listened to even just one episode this past month, it’s you guys that have made this month so incredible!

A situation that hits close home and has seemingly gone undiscussed for a while now as the American population is focused on other matters seemingly more pressing, but this is an epidemic that has taken the lives of millions and continues to do so in terrifying fashion.

"No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions." - Patrick J. Kennedy

Forrest Gump said that life is like a box of chocolate, well I will do you one better, the universe is like a bowl of cereal!

"The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Besides the audio program holding me back from being able to export my audio yesterday, there are some other things that I think I fail to admit to myself that are hindering me from doing the things that I want to do… let’s talk about it!

"The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." - Helmut Schmidt