Facebook Is After Me for Violating Community Standards – I Said “Jew”
2022-02-24 – Twice this week, Facebook reprimanded me. What do you think about that? A couple of days ago I responded to a post about church congregation size. I responded, […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Fingerstyle Guitar Class
2022-02-17 – Today, being Thursday, is guitar class day. I learned the basics of acoustic guitar on my own and with my friend Ira back in high school. I’ve been […]
Why Going to Mars Is a Bad Idea . . . (Sorta)
2022-02-14 – Let me start by saying that I hope someone goes to Mars during my lifetime. I’m not leaving the planet anytime soon, but considering the gargantuan task of […]
Why Is it Humbling to Contemplate Our Place in the Universe?
2022-02-10 – There are many things in life that are humbling. But “our place in the universe”? That’s more of a humblebrag. Yet you hear it all the time. I […]
Heads, I Win . . . There Is No Other Side of the Coin
2022-02-07 – We had a conversation with a COVID vaccine “skeptic.” This person is not an anti-vaxxer. She and her family are vaccinated. But she’s “done.” She doesn’t want anymore […]
M-I-C-K-E-Y MAUS
2022-02-03 – Let me say first that I have never read Maus, by Art Spiegelman. I was aware that the book existed when the Tennessee ban hit the news. I’ve […]
It Was 261 Degrees This Morning . . . Brr!
2022-01-20 – Something like 50 years ago, the United States was debating whether to convert our system of weights and measures to the metric system. The effort failed because the […]
Happy Holidays
2022-01-17 – I was confused by the holidays today. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. And it is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees. There is […]
Using a Bidet Is Like Riding a Bike
2022-01-10 – Everything is like riding a bike, apparently. If you’ve ever shopped for humorous mugs, you know that this is the truth. Except everything is on fire. We have […]
Looking to Buy a Girl’s Bike
2022-01-06 – I’m looking to possibly buy a girls bike. I bought my current bike five years ago. It is a Specialized Allez, which is a road bike. If you’re […]
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