The good news is: he’s embarrassingly predictable.
About Rickey Dobbs
Life On The Surface Of The Sun
If you haven’t spent three months in a Mercury Grand Marquis with the windows rolled up, or on the planet Mercury, then you probably can’t fully appreciate the devastation of losing your AC during a Southeast Texas summer.
If you haven’t spent three months in a Mercury Grand Marquis with the windows rolled up, or on the planet Mercury, then you probably can’t fully appreciate the devastation of losing your AC during a Southeast Texas summer.
You Never Even Called Me By My Name
When I was a little kid, I never reflected on my name. It just was.
When I was a little kid, I never reflected on my name. It just was.
Nobody Gets Out Alive
If you want to reduce your chances of dying from preventable causes, spend that money on eliminating preventable causes.
If you want to reduce your chances of dying from preventable causes, spend that money on eliminating preventable causes.
Come Join My Wild Pigeon Chase
Together, we will get through this.
Together, we will get through this.
The Story We Tell Ourselves
Everyone has their own self-told story. We define ourselves in “always” and “never” and “sometimes” and “rarely”. We hold ourselves steady on a path that is hedged by boundaries we created before we knew we were creating them.
Everyone has their own self-told story. We define ourselves in “always” and “never” and “sometimes” and “rarely”. We hold ourselves steady on a path that is hedged by boundaries we created before we knew we were creating them.
Four Ways To Become More Patient Right Now!
If you are like me, suffering from perpetual anger, here are some of my best tidbits of advice to help you quell your volcano of irrational rage.
If you are like me, suffering from perpetual anger, here are some of my best tidbits of advice to help you quell your volcano of irrational rage.
Life in Hot Water
As I take an inventory of my own efforts, I can see that I’m putting in average effort (at best) in those arenas. I could make excuses, but those aren’t likely to help the matter. I’m humble enough to admit when I can do better.
As I take an inventory of my own efforts, I can see that I’m putting in average effort (at best) in those arenas. I could make excuses, but those aren’t likely to help the matter. I’m humble enough to admit when I can do better.
When In Doubt, Don’t Bark
Our gift as a species is the ability to rise above gut reactions and employ our meta-cognition to evaluate our own thoughts. When we do that, our empathy allows us to understand one another’s points of view.
Our gift as a species is the ability to rise above gut reactions and employ our meta-cognition to evaluate our own thoughts. When we do that, our empathy allows us to understand one another’s points of view.
The Stupidity Vigilante, or: How I Went From Eternally P*ssed to (Mostly) Peaceful
The Stupidity Vigilante was my hero, and my alter ego. I fantasized about dishing out retribution for all of the wrongs that no one was calling anyone on.
The Stupidity Vigilante was my hero, and my alter ego. I fantasized about dishing out retribution for all of the wrongs that no one was calling anyone on.
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Delegitimize ‘Em
Every time we get the chance, we should eject the unsportsmanlike people who undermine justice, fairness, and the game itself.
Every time we get the chance, we should eject the unsportsmanlike people who undermine justice, fairness, and the game itself.
Bad Stuff Is Probably Happening Somewhere
And worst of all, we’ll convince ourselves that the pain those people are suffering is somehow not as real as it would be if it happened to us.
And worst of all, we’ll convince ourselves that the pain those people are suffering is somehow not as real as it would be if it happened to us.
5 Easy Tricks To Make Thanksgiving Great Again
Thanksgiving is a day to practice gratitude. And it’s a great opportunity to fully digest the fact that stress is just the dissonance between expectation and reality.
Thanksgiving is a day to practice gratitude. And it’s a great opportunity to fully digest the fact that stress is just the dissonance between expectation and reality.
What’s Your End Game?
When we experience unpleasant emotions, we aggressively fling our negativity in every direction, all the while failing to ask for actual resolution.
When we experience unpleasant emotions, we aggressively fling our negativity in every direction, all the while failing to ask for actual resolution.
Time to Grow Up, Boys
A manifesto on real masculinity.
A manifesto on real masculinity.
6 Lies About Immigrants Trump Hopes You Believe
If your kids are born here, they’re Americans. End of inquiry. They’re entitled to all of the rights, privileges, and obligations of every other American citizen, even if you never realize that destiny yourself.
If your kids are born here, they’re Americans. End of inquiry. They’re entitled to all of the rights, privileges, and obligations of every other American citizen, even if you never realize that destiny yourself.