With how the world has been going since 2020 and prior, it’s safe to say we may be in an age of crisis right now. This new year of 2026 started with a bang, and all we can do is hang on and hopefully not fall off the wagon too badly. It seems too easy to lose hope as we’re being drained of our worth and well-being by the urgency of our needs and wants. We need to shield ourselves from the hopelessness of this time by learning from both the past and the present. (more…)
While taking an evening shower, I was listening to a lecture by Professor Jiang Xueqin, a Chinese educator, writer, and former journalist whose videos on history and geopolitics have recently gained prominence on YouTube. I then had a shower thought that I then put into writing six hours later, which meant it was quite the epiphany since I didn’t easily forget about it. Maybe I just came up with a renewed purpose for pro wrestling. (more…)
My life choices that I don’t fully regret are: 1) I didn’t rush into relationships, 2) I don’t have many luxuries, and 3) I’m comfortable with being on my own. Many may see this 39-year-old man as a sad case of loserdom, and I don’t fully deny that. I’m fortunate these days for having few problems to stress about, remaining physically healthy, and steadily improving my mental health. While it’s not a life most would want or care for, it affords me the focus on what I value, which is all the reward I need. Very few loners are as lucky. (more…)
Since I added a philosophy category to this blog, I always wanted to tackle this topic. I’ve always been immersed in the connection between pessimism and nihilism and how it leads to ideas like antinatalism and extinctionism. Thankfully, I like learning new things too much to want to exit Planet Earth prematurely. With this piece, I actively purged myself of that desire to no longer be by looking at my nihilism dead in the eye and making it blink first. (more…)
As a lot of people like to say these days, ‘free speech’ does not mean ‘free from consequences’. However, I don’t think getting killed should be one of those consequences. While I’m of the opinion that these people who like to challenge their detractors to debates are doing it more as a performance and less as serious discourse, there’s no just reason for Charlie Kirk and his family to have suffered the fate that he did. (more…)
Pro wrestling is a niche like no other, and it has been carved out with not a rusty spoon, but a colorful one, yet a spoon nonetheless. Like most other things on this earth, some like it and some don’t. Some take to it right away and some find it an acquired taste, while doubters and detractors line its outer perimeter like a lumberjack match. Every medium has critics, but those who criticize pro wrestling are seemingly more verbose and animated than most other things under the sun. Even pornography doesn’t invite this level of controversy, I feel. (more…)
If there’s one thing I should be doing more, which is to write a lot more on this blog. There are times when I find myself thinking that by not cranking out more material, I’m wasting my days on this earth. Perhaps that’s not a healthy thing to think about, but it does make me feel bad sometimes. This post is a musing on the unpredictability of the future and how we must all make the most of our time on this earth. However, writing for me is a lone endeavor — no one tells me to write other than myself. Perhaps I should spend more time with other people. (more…)
The American sports writer and video producer Jon Bois recently put out another episode of his Pretty Good series titled ‘God Hates a Coward’. It’s about the human race’s love affair with pointlessness, illustrated by a weird historical moment involving a minor league baseball catcher trying to break a world record by catching a baseball dropped from a blimp. Yeah, seems challenging and intense, but why? What’s the point?
Exactly. There is no real point other than doing the thing itself. You ask why, but why not ask ‘Why not?’ It just seemed like a good idea at the time. (more…)
This is a part of a big piece I’ve been working on for the past few months. It’s an idea that requires more research compared to my recent Pillars piece, so I’m taking my time. I’d like to put something out to gauge interest and perhaps even get some feedback. Hopefully, I finish the piece within 2025 and make something bigger out of it. It’s about the eternal question of what good and evil are. There have been tons of answers and interpretations throughout history, and my contribution may be derivative or even pointless. However, I’ll posit here a point that I think is worth thinking about. (more…)
This is somewhat a book report on one of the earliest books I read during my formative years, which was from around the ages of 16 to 23. While I must admit that I couldn’t make much use of a sizable chunk of the text, I still got some good stuff from The Book of Five Rings that has stuck with me to this day. The most notable part is the nine principles that a warrior must live by. (more…)
This piece was in the works for almost a whole month prior to recording. I finally stopped procrastinating on 16 March, the day of our first major pro wrestling show for 2025 — Dexcon WrestleStorm 2. It’s about how trying to convince haters is mostly a waste of time. This is an appeal to everyone who is beset by anxiety and self-doubt caused by unsolicited criticism and bullying from outside influences. (more…)
This blog post is cutting it really close in looking like a self-help piece. I’m not Tony Robbins who tells people how to accomplish their goals or Robert Kiyosaki who rebukes their fathers for staying poor. While I don’t have the business acumen to tell you how to multiply your money or the wisdom to show how to find inner peace, I do have some ideas on a system for living a more well-rounded life by focusing on a set of skills that best fit every aspect of your being. (more…)
