Thought and Other Absurdities

How Many Village Idiots Can There Possibly Be? Waiting for society to be jarred back to its senses if it even has any left. Rib Recordings. Apparently, Fascism is an Option in 2025.

Revisiting Bloodletting our societal ills. I'm also honored and proud to announce that I am Phoenix Magazine's Best of the Valley Best Author 2023. And Check out tickets to Best Fest on Aug. 5th in Phoenix at Phoenixmagazine.com .

Caffeination Ruling the Nation, Diminishing our woes and patronizing ourselves for our daily traumas, and Don't do drugs because I have to say that so I don't get sued.

Is it Gaslit or Gaslighted? Either way, it's what we're doing to ourselves. Find a way to stop thinking about other people's unmentionables and stop shoving hopeful cliches down everyone's throats. Plus a Father's Day Sale at DeadStarPress.com. 15% off both items when you get Fucking Relax: A Journal For Mental Well-being and the new Dead Star Press Be A Fucking Weirdo Flask un...

The business of minding your own. In a recent discovery we realized that a lot of things have been a way we weren't aware of for all of history... Nothing actually changed. Click here to check out my new Self-Care Journal- Fucking Relax: A Journal For Mental Well-being at DeadStarPress.com. Only $8.99 for a limited time.

May the 4th be with you. Our inherent reluctance for change. And a new Journal from Dead Star Press that just might help with your self-care regimen. Find it here during our presale for a limited-time special price. Fucking Relax Presale at DeadStarPress.com.

Lions, tigers, and societal-self-decapitation, oh my! If it seems that tragedies are more frequent, that's probably because they are. We're dumb with money. Plus other cheery thoughts and my new children's book, which you can get by clicking here: https://deadstarpress.com/shop/

Motivation speakers would be the worst driving instructors. Demagogues we turn into Demigods. More Logical Fallacies. Our Capacity for Compassion.

The horror of a poorly made sandwich. Find more at DeadStarPress.com and JosephDNewcomer.com . If you'd like a free copy of my novel, Diminishing Return, purchase a copy of my new novel, Darkest Day, through Friday the 13th, 1.13.2023, at DeadStarPress.com. We also have a buy one book get one 50% off during our End of the World Sale until the end of January 2023. Get more weird into your life...

Election Season Reminder That No Matter Who Wins, We All Lose. Truth, Lies, And Why We No Longer Know The Difference. One Person's Utopia Is Another's Dystopia.

Are we doomed? Well, we did throw cheese at baby's faces, so maybe we should be. How knowledge leads to pessimism, aka knowledge. And, you can't build a time machine with positivity.

Tip your waitstaff. A lifehack for knowing who's an asshole. A collection of thoughts and sarcasm from 2021, another one of the worst years in recent history. Check out some music I just released at  https://open.spotify.com/artist/1wlVe7S1qx8n77CfbsyD45 or search Joseph D. Newcomer wherever you stream and download music.

Our arrogance and how it leads to our greatest tragedies. The simplest solution is that we're the problem.

A word from our sponsors on Shoving It Up Your Ass. Bigotry, we didn't invent it, but we've really made it our own. And a disclaimer in case any of you hurt yourselves or your butts.

Saturday 9.10.22 is World Suicide Prevention Day. I wanted to share the Afterword of my novel, Diminishing Return, for anyone who may need to hear it. If you or anyone you know is having issues with depression, please listen and share. You never know who you may be helping.

Negativity, Pessimism, Ennui, Nihilism, and all of the other reasonable things to feel about 2021. A collection of anti-upbeat thoughts from another horrible year.

Stop touching alligators and other information I wish people already understood. Thoughts from late 2019 and early 2020... spoiler alert, they aren't very uplifting.

How shutting the fuck up can make life fairer--ableism through cliché. Check out Darkest Day at DeadStarPress.com.

Just be weird, find your happy turd, and just try to eek out a decent existence amongst the void of nothingness--An experiment in positivity. Plus a poem by Dr. Charles Seusskowski and an invite to hang out with me at Drawn to Comics in Glendale, AZ on Saturday, August 13th from 11AM-3PM. Find out more on the Facebook event invite right here: https://fb.me/e/2BAjEHmul  

Taking a break from the blog to read you some excerpts from my new novel, Darkest Day. Listen to 4 excerpts including a Thought and Other Absurdities exclusive bonus deleted scene from the book. Plus a PSA about hot farts.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but no one needs to hear it... Evangelize Elsewhere... and The Talking Dead.

Perception Vs. Reality Vs. Whatever-the-fuck This Is. You're invited to the Dead Star Press Launch Release and Signing Parties in Phoenix, AZ and Erie, PA. Find more info at the following links: Dead Star Press Party Phoenix . Dead Star Pres Party Erie .

Why we defend the indefensible. That age-old question, "What the fuck?" And more. Click here to preorder your copy of Dead Star Press's first anthology of Weird, From the Dead .

An Announcement: Dead Star Press's First Anthology, From the Dead , and my first children's book, Let's Make S'mores , are now available for preorder at DeadStarPress.com . Plus...Compassion, Seeing ourselves in the Stars and it Ain't Pretty, and Human instinct is for Shit.

Children are evil geniuses, and I may never sleep again. Visit me at the Prescott Wellness Expo on April 2nd and 3rd at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Prescott, AZ. I'll have Dead Star Press merch and books to sign. Stop by and help us get the word out about Dead Star Press. https://prescottwellnessexpo.com/