06/19/2026
I've been called weird before (not rich enough to be called eccentric). Some people see that as a bad thing, an insult, and perhaps in my younger days I would have thought so too; now that I'm older I really don't care what other people think of me (except for a rarefied handful). I love the origin of words and phrases, so when I saw this today I just loved it. If being weird/wyrd means having the power to control my fate, bring it on! So the next time someone says you're weird, tell them, "Damn straight, I do control my fate! Why wouldn't you want to be weird?"