PinnedTop Ten Books I Read in 2022Early in the pandemic, around June 2020 after spending five weeks waiting for the world to end, I decided to make two important commitments. The first was to regularly exercise, and happily, that commitment continues just about every morning. The second was to read more, a commitment I really took…Books14 min readBooks14 min read
PinnedReading Roundup: December 2022I’m concluding my monthly series reflecting on my reading list throughout 2022. This entry will cover the reading I managed to get done in December 2022, seven books while busy surviving the holidays. If you’re interested in seeing my top ten books from last year, please see the following link: Top Ten Books I Read in 2021 Early in the pandemic, around June 2020, after spending five weeks waiting for the world to end, I decided to make two…jdobzynski.medium.comBooks7 min readBooks7 min read
PinnedRoad Trip (An Anytown Story)It was a clear black night, a clear white moon. David and Size were rolling down the highway at 70 miles an hour, blaring 1990s hip-hop on the way to a new business opportunity in the next state over. A long rainstorm had slowed driving conditions for a while, but…Anytown Stories20 min readAnytown Stories20 min read
PinnedComing Out at Forty-FourThis is it. This is my coming out essay, or article, or whatever you want to call it, to let the world know that I am bisexual. I’m writing because it is easier to compose my thoughts this way than to say this aloud or in passing. If I didn’t…National Coming Out Day20 min readNational Coming Out Day20 min read
Dec 12, 2022Breaking White Solidarity: On Being WokeOn August 4th, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren for signing a pledge not to prosecute abortion-related cases in the wake of the Supreme Court landmark decision overturning Roe v Wade. …Anti Racism10 min readAnti Racism10 min read
Dec 5, 2022Reading Roundup: November 2022I’m continuing my monthly series reflecting on my reading list throughout 2022. This entry will cover the reading I managed to get done in November 2022, just five books while busy writing a novel. …Books7 min readBooks7 min read
Published in Original Philosophy·Nov 28, 2022The Will to LifeThe last four articles in this series on philosophy in the Age of Information have been focused on understanding the universe-in-itself as it is. …Philosophy11 min readPhilosophy11 min read
Nov 21, 2022Queer ExpectationsI remember being assigned Great Expectations during my sophomore year of high school. Pip’s coming-of-age story spoke to me, a bright kid trapped in poverty, who received the opportunity of an advanced education, only to discover the reality of the world. We were only assigned to read the first and…Lgbtqia13 min readLgbtqia13 min read
Nov 14, 2022Breaking White Solidarity: 2022 Midterm ElectionsIt’s been two years since the 2020 elections narrowly avoided a second presidential term of far-right politics, bringing the Democratic Party back into control of both houses of congress and the presidency. In those two years, we’ve seen a prolonged investigation the January 6th coup attempt, the Supreme Court rolling…Anti Racism11 min readAnti Racism11 min read
Nov 7, 2022Reading Roundup: October 2022I’m continuing my monthly series reflecting on my reading list throughout 2022. This entry will cover the reading I managed to get done in October 2022, including more works on the Mexican Revolution, Octavia E. Butler’s only collection of short stories, and a German import collection of writings from William…Books8 min readBooks8 min read