Blog
My daughter Raelyn was born May 22, 2023. What a wild ride, again.
My son Ryker was born January 22, 2019. Life has been absurdly busy.
We live in unsustainable times. How long can oil power the global economy and interest rates stay at zero? The simple answer is: not forever.
I tutored elementary school students during high school. The program started as traditional tutoring. It relaunched with a shift from tutoring to mentoring.
Craps is the best game in Las Vegas. The house edge is slim, usually the slimmest. The winning and losing streaks are wild. Winning money is possible.
John Wessel's logo is a fractal, specifically a Sierpinski triangle. A fractal a mathematically generated sequence.
I write poetry to practice rhythm, expression and brevity. Come for the cringe, stay for the lulz.
Abstract Podcast
In 2017, my friend JR created a YouTube channel named Abstract and we began recording weekly podcasts. Our goal was to keep in touch and have genuine conversations just as we would privately. For the benefit of our audience, we provided background and did a little preparation and editing. JR was doing most of the legwork. Mysteriously, podcast production petered out when he met the girl that he ultimately married.
2024 update: It appears that JR deleted the channel after many years of inactivity and a breakdown in our friendship.
Cringe Archive
I first tried my hand at podcasting in 2013. The articles below come from that endeavor. I discovered that speaking into the void of my microphone was not for me and ceased after giving it an honest try.
It's a simple question with a simple answer but profound implications.
One way to escape emotional trauma is to rationalize that you deserve what you're getting. It's a matter of survival. But what happens when the threat subsides?
What comes to mind when you hear the word gun? How you instinctively visualize guns frames your position on gun-related issues before logic laces up its boots.
There are many ways to tell the story of 9/11.
People think in terms of narratives with rich archetypes. It's time we accept how our minds work, warts and all, and seize the narrative back from politicos.
Being poor is a lack of money. Being impoverished is a lack of spirit. What would you do if you woke up penniless?