So this came into my Instagram feed this morning: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Art Never Sleeps (@artneversleeps) As an American, and as a member of a western, consumerist culture, this struck home …read more…
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Items from my life, and therefore, completely boring.
Journals, Part Three
It’s been two years (and a bit) since I last talked about my journaling process. Not much has changed really. I usually use a 70-page wide-ruled notebook. When I was teaching, I would stock up on these during the summer back-to-school sales when you could get six or seven for a dollar. I still have …read more…
Literally everything you need to know about conspiracy theories
You’re welcome.
Precepts to Live by
What follows are some good ideas I’ve picked up over the years. I doubt that all of them are applicable in all situations (except perhaps for the first five), so treat them like salt and pepper: use them when you need them. Use your words. People aren’t mind readers. “No” is a complete sentence. When …read more…
Need to Press Paws
I have recently found out that Not Always Right (as in “the customer is not always right”) is a delightful way to spend a few hours. Originally dedicated to tales from The Retail Wars, it later expanded to include stories about people being absolutely awesome (such as the story about the child who had never …read more…
A few thoughts on the dumpster fire that is capitalism…part 2
Capitalism means I get charged $125 to cancel a $200 ticket by an airline that’s getting bailed out with my taxpayer money. — Laila Lalami (@LailaLalami) April 3, 2020 And what the hell, let’s toss one in for the ammosexuals:
This is beautiful
I’ve always loved Def Leppard and was beyond happy that they were (finally!) inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. I couldn’t be there, but this acceptance speech is one of the best I’ve ever heard: The look on Rick Allen’s face when the crowd gives him a standing ovation is …read more…
Why I don’t donate to Wikipedia (and other things)
I cleaned out my screenshots folder last weekend. These are among the goodies I found: I have experienced this in the past. I don’t know if it’s still a thing or not. Also this: When I was a kid in the 80s, watching these films, I didn’t live a life like any of them. (I …read more…
The Forest of Spam, Part 5
I hate it when spammers don’t even try. This showed up as a comment on my About page: I wouldn’t mind this so much, except for the following: The spammer calls this an email, when this is clearly a comment. My domain will expire in 12 hours, which is not a time spam any legitimate …read more…
Today is Friday, April 2, 2021
Today is Good Friday, although that means nothing to me because I am an agnostic/atheist. Mostly it means that a lot of people thought I would have the day off, but as this is a religious and not a federal holiday, I did not. Nevertheless, after our last shipment was picked up around 1:45, the …read more…
Welcome, Refugees of Humanity
January 3, 2021 I’m not doing a new year resolution. I’m not. I absolutely refuse. I saw someone on Instagram say that you should do “intentions” instead of resolutions. I’m not sure what the difference is. Surely resolving to do something and intending to do something are pretty much the same thing? In reality, that’s …read more…
Scatterseed!
A long time ago, I thought my life would go in a different direction. I would live in the country, have a wife and a bunch of free-range kids, and we would raise all our own food and save our own seed. This has nothing to do with “prepper” movement, many of whose adherents have …read more…
The Word Machine
2020 has been a busy year for me. I’m hoping that things slow down a bit in 2021 and I get to be more creative. Anyway, I ran across The Word Machine, by Timo Van Neerden. (It’s part of his web tools package, which you can find here.) In no time at all, I came …read more…
