Unforeseen Circumstances
True stories from a life repeatedly redirected by history, politics, regulation, timing and circumstance.
Life lessons are best learned from true stories.
Subtle-Satire can help make it fun for you to learn from my past mistakes.
Full access to the complete archive, future stories, audio recordings and video stories are available for $1 per month.
Timon of Phlius (c. 320–230 BCE)
Ancient Greek philosopher, poet, skeptic, and absolutely one of history's finest practitioners of satire. Rather than preach, Timon used humor, parody, and observation to reveal the absurdities of human nature.
The figure featured throughout this website is inspired by Timon, serving as a guide through stories of business, survival, changing times, and the curious habit people have of making plans while history makes other arrangements.
SUBTLE - SATIRE
True stories from a life repeatedly redirected by history, politics, regulation, timing and circumstance.
Life lessons are best learned from true stories.
Subtle-Satire can help make it fun for you to learn from my past mistakes.
Full access to the complete archive, future stories, audio recordings and video stories is available for $1 per month.
Timon of Phlius (c. 320–230 BCE)
Ancient Greek philosopher, poet, skeptic, and absolutely one of history's finest practitioners of satire. Rather than preach, Timon used humor, parody, and observation to reveal the absurdities of human nature.
The figure featured throughout this website is inspired by Timon, serving as a guide through stories of business, survival, changing times, and the curious habit people have of making plans while history makes other arrangements.
WHAT THIS IS
These stories are true. What began as memories about work, survival, and adaptation gradually became something larger. Again and again, successful plans collided with changing laws, economic shifts, political decisions, and events far outside my control. Not because anyone was targeting me personally, but because history has a habit of landing on ordinary people without warning.
One administration changed an industry. Another regulation closed a market. A political decision somewhere far away suddenly rearranged a life close to home. The satire is subtle because most disruption arrives wearing respectable clothes and carrying official explanations.
