The following is a transcription of the video above. Please excuse any typos. Kanye West once said If you’re a Kanye West fan…you’re actually a fan of yourself….I’m just the espresso. Anybody else feel overwhelmed lately? Like you should really do something about everything but anything you do ultimately…

The following is a transcription of the video above, please excuse any typos. The comedian Steven Wright perfectly articulated our primary human evolutionary advantage when he said “Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” I get it, cardio sucks but you my friend do not suck …

The following is a transcription of the video above, please excuse any typos: It would appear that in America there are many industries that are lucky that their consumers are so lazy. However, as Anthony Bourdain once said, “Luck is not a business model” … We’ve all got that…

The following is a transcript of the video above — please excuse any typos. One of my greatest personality flaws is that I’m one of those horrible people who works out every day on vacation — every day in general really, but more specifically on days when my wife…

The following is a transcript of the video above — please excuse any typos. The day I found out that Avicii died I was walking off of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. It was the first of an 8-day Jiu jitsu training camp — and after 14…

The thing about wrestling an alligator that it is relatively simple — not easy — simple. Alligators are uncomplicated, you don’t ever wonder where you stand with an alligator — they have persisted through millions of years of evolution because they are beautifully-efficient killing machines. As black belts in…

We have been raised to fear a blank page — understanding that it is our primary purpose to replace its gaping whiteness with information, content, words. We are contractors, the page is a vacant lot, our words are the materials we use to construct meaning. If we cannot, we…

The following is a transcript from a video I recorded about waiting on celebrities, systemic racism and the service industry. It’s the late 00’s and I’m working an unreasonably busy summer weekday lunch rush on the patio at a very trendy Sunset Strip Chinese restaurant. …

The following is a transcript of a video I recorded about Johnny Cash, My grandmother and COVID-19. Some unexpected things Johnny Cash and I have in common. We’re both ordained ministers We are both former residence of both Ojai California, and Nashville TN AND Both of our parents were…