Out with the Old, in with the Frankenstein Bologna

How a humorist guards his mind and belly from dangerous trends

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Like a preacher’s daughter sneaking by a chaperone to lose her virginity during prom, I focus on the ground when I see a security guard. He’s standing at the main entrance of a fancy building that a popular new-age religion owns in Los Angeles. I want to be polite. But I can’t nod at this man. Has he drunk the…