S3 E6 · Fri, April 18, 2025

The Category Mistake: I was wrong

To err is human, to forgive is divine. I also believe learning from your mistakes in actions, thoughts, or beliefs is divine. While I still think that the world needs some drastic changes, change for the sake of change is not what is best for any of us. Common beliefs and sympathy do not make us sheep, they make us humans, and we need more humans in this world than we need people telling us we are sheep.

S3 E5 · Sun, March 30, 2025

Why are we so stupid

Are we really in a time and place where we have forgotten who we are and why we are as a people? I am tired of all the dumb things going on in the world that I helped create. I say no more; who is with me?

S3 E1 · Thu, February 27, 2025

To all the daughters in the world

We need to stop treating our daughters like princesses, instead, treat them like you expect greatness. You cannot get greatness from them if you never expect it. I know that I have a lot of princesses in my life. And for them and all of the rest of you in this world, I want you to know, you are the future and I expect you to change the world, so don't disappoint me. Got it!!!

Thu, January 23, 2025

Be Proud of Yourselfs

The statement pride comes before the fall is a good statement at most times. Unless you are in 2025 and you don't have anyone to tell you how proud they are of you and all you do. I have had many people in my life, my wife, my kids, my grandkids, and my siblings have all done amazing things with their lives and I hope they know how amazing they are. Also out there are people who maybe need a reminder of how awesome they truly are. I have taught several students who are now becoming adults and I think they need to be reminded just like everyone else, that they are great, smart, talented, and well they are I am proud to say Category Mistakes and I am very proud of them.

S3 E6 · Fri, November 22, 2024

The Category Mistake: Hurt Feelings Report

Kids these days, boomers, Gen x what do we all have in common? We have feelings and today more then ever our feelings are more important then others. Why, what happened? When did feelings become more important then facts. Let's explore.

S3 E5 · Wed, November 13, 2024

The Category Mistake: Fear

Why are you afraid of death, living, and even talking to your family? Why haven't we as human beings evolved past the concept of fear? We have been dying for millions of years right? Why hasn't that changed, why haven't we evolved past the awkward thing called death? Lets talk about it?

S3 E4 · Tue, October 29, 2024

Is It Almost Over

In this time of voting for me or not voting for them, remember you are the only person who can improve your life. No candidate can change your life, stop wishing and hoping they can.

S3 E1 · Wed, October 23, 2024

Political Divide

Are we going to have a Civil War on November 6, 2024? According to the news and social media we are. Instead of fighting why not just realize the only groups pushing for our divide are the people reporting about that divide? Talk to your family instead of watching groups of people who make more money when we hate each other.

S3 E1 · Wed, October 16, 2024

The Category Mistake: HB

Jesus once told the old cranky people in Isreal that they needed to come into the kingdom of God like little children. There is also a saying out of the mouth of babes. Sometimes we need to listen to the younger people in our lives to get a new perspective, or go back and understand the perspective of 100 years ago and how maybe today's youth just remind us of the values from so long ago. Thank you to the youth in my life for reminding me that it is ok to work on things to improve myself. You don't need to stop working and forgiving and loving even when you're old like me.

S2 E45 · Thu, September 26, 2024

The Category Mistake: Iron Sharpens Iron

Who in your life helps you grow? Who do you help grow and change? Is change bad, or is it something that helps you grow and be a better person? Today I talk about how everyday we are around people who can either change us for the good, or the bad. Remember though, you are also changing them for the good and the bad. The question is are they helping you grow and are you helping them?

S2 E45 · Wed, September 18, 2024

The Category Mistake:Be George Bailey

Sometimes we are grumpy, frustrated, and overall upset with the world. Maybe we should start to be good to one another, not just to the people we must, but to people we see and meet daily. George Bailey once said " Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?" That's what we should all strive for to help others.

S2 E42 · Thu, August 29, 2024

The Category Mistake: Forgiveness

When someone apologizes for wronging you, do you forgive them? When you forgive do you forget? True forgiveness is hard, but we should all try it. If I can do it, you can do it.

S2 E41 · Fri, August 23, 2024

The Category Mistake: I'M Sorry

Why do we apologize for speaking the truth? Why do we apologize for living in a way that makes us and our family safe and happy? No one should ever apologize for being ourselves and we should also not expect others to apologize to us for doing what is best for them and their families. I'm Sorry is a powerful statement, lets start using it the way it is meant to be used, use it as a statement that shows that we care truly about who we have hurt.

S2 E41 · Thu, August 15, 2024

The Category Mistake: Time

Every day we have so many options for spending and using our time. Giving five or even ten minutes to a person when they need someone to listen can change not just their world but the world as a whole. The world has pushed us to worry more about me over we, the human race needs more we. And only WE can fix it.

S2 E40 · Thu, August 08, 2024

The Category Mistake: What is Your Dream Job

For most of our lives, we are told to go after our dreams and our dream job. If you're like me your dream job ideas have changed a lot since you were 8, 18, and even 28. What we need to understand is it is not just your dreams it's doing something with your life that makes you complete. I have mine, do you have yours?

S2 E23 · Wed, July 31, 2024

The Category Mistake: You Matter

Every day we get bombarded with the world telling us what to think, how to act, and how to be important enough for the world to care about us. Tell the world and all its negativity that their opinion does not matter. Tell yourself, tell others that you care about that they matter. They matter, You Matter, not just to your friends, not just your family, but to the creator of the Universe. From now on every day find someone in your life that you care about and tell them that they matter, and then tell yourself that YOU MATTER!!!!

S2 E38 · Wed, July 24, 2024

The Category Mistake: Mental Health Check.

Sometimes we push ourselves to care for all the people around us instead of thinking about caring for ourselves. Not just our physical well-being, but our mental well-being. Let us explore how my mind deals with the concept of Quality Mental Health.

Wed, July 17, 2024

The Category Mistake: What Are We Doing

How have we become so angry that we no longer care about each other? We are so angry that we are now trying to assassinate Presidential candidates. We can no longer have breakfast together without the precursor of no talking politics. We also have stopped caring about people who need compassion and caring. What Are We Doing!!!!!

Wed, July 10, 2024

The Category Mistake: To Phone or Not To Phone?

To Phone or not to Phone? That is the question not just for me but for everyone I know. I struggle with how a small piece of technology can run my life and everyone else around me. From Blackberry to the OG iPhone cellphones have grown not just in power but also in the power to control our everyday life.

Tue, July 02, 2024

The Category Mistake: Who Wants To Be President?

In a year in which our only real options are an elderly man, who can't speak in full sentences, a man whose biggest claim to fame is whenever his family runs for President bad things happen, or a man who would rather cheat on his wife and his taxes than do the right thing, what are we to do as Americans?

Wed, June 26, 2024

The Category Mistake: What if, What is next

Do you ever wake up and wonder if today's decision will change your life for the good or bad? Or maybe your dream is not your reality and that's ok? Let's talk about how my struggles might also be yours. Let us share or struggles together.

Tue, June 18, 2024

What Makes You Happy

What makes you happy? Puppies, Starbucks, Call of Duty, or maybe a good book? I want to explore what makes you happy and maybe learn what I can do to make myself happy. People are fickle creatures, and after thousands of years of war, famine, and absolute chaos, what is happiness and what can we do to be truly happy? Let's find out together.

Wed, March 01, 2023

The Category Mistake Star Wars

Do you have daddy issues? This video talks about how one director showed that daddy issues are not just for us normal people. Even amazing people like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones can have them too.

Tue, February 28, 2023

The Category Mistake Imagine

When John Lennon wrote this song in 1971, he was talking a lot about Vietnam, but this song could so fit into today's world. Lets talk about that.

Sun, November 20, 2022

The Category Mistake Expectations versus Reality

What has life given you that you did not expect? Was it a good thing, or was it something that made your life worse? I think sometimes life's messes actually bless us all.

Sun, November 13, 2022

The Category Mistake: Dealing with Anger and Hatred

In the world we live in today how do you deal with anger and hatred?

Fri, November 04, 2022

The Category Mistake Death Dying and Living

How does my mother dying, my long-lost sister and an Easter Egg hunt make me who I am today and in the future?

Fri, September 09, 2022

The Category Mistake: They Called Me A Liberal

How does being a human being all of a sudden make people think that you are a liberal? What has happened to the world where only Liberals care about each other? I am not a liberal, I am a human being that wants the world to be better.

Sat, August 20, 2022

The Category Mistake: I'm Back

Where have I been? Why was I gone?

Sun, May 15, 2022

The Category Mistake: Perspective

Everything I say in this podcast will offend someone, I talk about America's perspective on bad guys, gender, sex, and abortion.  But don't worry, if I anger you, I did warn you before you listened.

Mon, April 11, 2022

The Category Mistake To My Children

Sometimes as a parent, I don't think I express to my children how proud I am of them.  I try to fix that with this episode, I hope I did it well.

Sun, April 03, 2022

The Batman, The Iron Man and Captain America and who are the hero's of these story's

Have you ever watched a superhero movie?  Have you ever wanted to be one?  Maybe you are the real hero of your story?  Maybe you have been the hero the whole time?

Sun, March 20, 2022

The Category Mistake, Men Versus Women

I know it sounds crazy, but men cannot have babies but we still can be good parents.  Also, men and women are not perfect, no matter what we all think.  Being a Mom, Dad, Man, or Woman does not mean you have to be perfect, it means you have to be human.

Sun, February 27, 2022

The Category Mistake: Surface Pressure

If you are anything like me, the stress of always being on, of always needing to be the one people depend on, is well an impossible thing to live up to, this podcast is for you.  I take a deep dive into the Movie Encanto and explain how maybe cracking, breaking is not a bad thing.  Maybe you have a different way of dealing with stress and expectations, if you do give it a listen, and chime in with what works for you.

Sat, February 12, 2022

Episode 20 Stress, Life, and Why Do Bad Things Happen

Do you wonder why you have so much stress in your life?  Or why do bad things always seem to happen to you?  Maybe I have the answer for you?  Just try it to see if I am right!

Sun, January 23, 2022

Emotional Damage Episode 19

Why haven't I been on lately?  Why is this world seem like a giant cesspool of pain and hurting?  Come find out!

Sat, January 01, 2022

The Category Mistake: New Years With My Family

New Year 2022 is here, what are your plans and what have you learned from the year that we have just survived. My family joins me for this fun Podcast

Sun, December 19, 2021

The Category Mistake: Growing up in different types of families

How is life growing up in a family of 4 compared to a family of ten people?  How about growing up in a city-like life versus growing up in a more rural setting?  I have two special guests discussing how things are different in the lives of kids growing up with one sibling compared to eight.  You can also follow on twitch.

Sun, December 12, 2021

The Category Mistakes Christmas Traditions

What and how we celebrate and look at Christmas is different for everyone, we discuss how each tradition is maybe just a little crazier than others.

Wed, December 08, 2021

The Category Mistake Movies and Emotions

Jack Brown joins us for this podcast, to talk about movies and how no matter the type of movie, they bring up certain emotions.  From Star Wars to the movie Beaches, we discuss the messed-up world of movies in the world today.

Mon, November 22, 2021

The Category Mistake: Episode 14 Christmas Movies

Have you ever wondered why Christmas movies always have the happiest of endings?  Every year, when I watch movies like It's a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Story I again regain faith in the human race.  Please let us this year focus on our family, and friends, and not care about the stress and craziness of the world we live in.

Sat, November 13, 2021

The Category Mistake: Decisions

When you make a choice, a decision, how much thought, or second-guessing do you do?  In my life making a choice, a decision is so difficult, I sometimes will just blindly pick something hoping it makes people in my life happy.  Do you ever do the same?  Is the right decision always a good decision?  That is the process I am trying to still figure out.

Tue, November 02, 2021

The Category Mistake: Sports and Addiction

I have come to realize through my "love" of sports that everything from Football, to seltzer water, can be addicting.  It is not just drugs and alcohol, anything that takes away time from those you love can be an addiction.  My problem of course is the people I love are also my addiction.  How do I balance it all?

Sat, October 23, 2021

The Category Mistake: Marriage

Are you married? Do you want to be married? When you get married, or when you got married, did you or do you expect perfection? Fighting is normal for everyone. To struggle is normal. Having anxiety, and stress is normal. You can be ok, with being ok. Never give up on your spouse, even if they want to give up on you. It takes two people giving 100 percent, to really make a marriage work. It is not 50-50 it is 100-100. Never forget that.

Mon, October 18, 2021

The Category Mistake: Birthday's and why I hate them

Have you ever just woken up on the day you were born, and asked yourself, why is this day so important to everyone else?  My birthday is that day for me, I walk through why this day is so hard for me to put on a happy face.  Maybe together we can figure out why?

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake: Who is David Ingrassia?

This episode is dedicated to the man who had faith in me. He had faith in who I was supposed to be, even when I did not see it myself his name is David Ingrassia, and he is my superhero.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake: Social Media

From Facebook to Instagram our world is run by social media. From Free Britney to the cancel culture of Hollywood, our world cannot decide if we hate each other or if we love each other. The real question is, how can places like YouTube and Snap Chat help us decide what kind of human we are going to be every day? I choose to be loving and caring, I will leave the hatred to others.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake: Movies and Emotions

How do the movies I watch help and also interfere with my emotions and how I deal with "real life" things?

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake and Family

The saying goes no one on their death bed ever says they wish they spent more time at work.  My family is my passion, and I hope on my lasts days none of my family says I left them for something more important

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake Episode 5 September 11, 2021

My thoughts on how we can take the events of twenty years ago and maybe remember that being a human is more important than being a political party.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake Movies versus Reality

I  talk about how my life and movies, comics, and tv shows all kind of make sense in the same world.  How no matter how far-fetched a movie seems if you get down to the truth of the show or movie there is a real human story there that can and will touch you.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake Episode 3 History and Musicals

Fri, October 15, 2021

My thoughts on Afghanistan

What is happening in Afghanistan and how it is affecting my mental health and welfare.  I go over why this subject is important to me.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake Episode 1 Why am I here?

This is the first full episode of The Category Mistake.  I already made a mistake it was 1989, not 1993 when I started at KCA.  I will get better.  Thank you all.  I am also on Spotify and Anchor thank you all so much for listening.

Fri, October 15, 2021

The Category Mistake Intro

I will be going over the general concept of what is to come, and when the first full episode will be.