Inside Doug's Head

It is never too late to become wise.

As part of my recent self improvement follies that were triggered as a side effect of my not drinking, I have started to try to ascertain why I am such a cranky old man. To that end, I have discovered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) mechanic, something that is not new, and I did not originally discover it. It is only recently that I found out about it since I never went looking for it sooner, because I never needed it, and probably still don’t.

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According to the keepers of such information and other fun facts, every breath you take contains a tiny piece, in the form of dust, of every person who ever lived. Ow, I just got a piece of Elvis in my eye!

Well, I submit to you that every hot tub, spa, and pool in every resort, hotel, and apartment complex contains a little bit of bum juice from every person who ever wetted their crusty fiddly bits in them. Even Hitler’s. Yes, that’s right, you just waded into a pool tainted with juice from Hitler’s taint.

—DG

It has been four weeks since I decided to give up drinking, and boy, am I thirsty! Seriously, though, I would like to say that my mind has never been sharper, and I have lost a ton of belly blubber simply by cutting out the copious amounts of alcohol that once gave my life meaning. Of course, it’s a lie; I am just as stupid and still fat, and the cumulative 23 year hangover is practically killing me. The lack of alcohol makes me even more surly, and I am now uncomfortably aware of how many aimless, shiftless zombies there are in California. They all buy their organic grass fed brains at Trader Joe’s.

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