#Pocalypso | Why Must Everything Be Zip Locked?
2020-06-25 – Have you noticed the proliferation of zip-lock packaging? I don’t mind it so much on single-use items, though it is a little messy trying to get those tiny […]
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#Pocalypso | When History Is Erased
2020-06-24 – I’ve seen a lot of well meaning people pushing back against wholesale toppling of Confederate statutes. They say that history is being erased. They are not defending that […]
#Pocalypso | The Nights Are Getting Longer
2020-06-23 – Now that we’ve got the Summer Solstice out of the way, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. It happens every year. I’ve seen […]
#Pocalypso | A Zoom Father’s Day
2020-06-22 – 1:30. Time for the Zoom call with my boys for Father’s Day. Then Zoom. It was over. I was sad. Though I did get a great Hawaiian shirt […]
#Pocalypso | Remembering Jewnteenth on Juneteenth
2020-06-19 – I was thinking about ways to observe Juneteenth while sheltering in place. Of course, there are streaming events and concerts, and I’ll probably tune in to one. And […]
#Pocalypso | A Pandemic of Kindness
2020-06-18 – It’s a common observation that disasters can bring out the best in people. That, of course, is never the whole story. While it brings out the best in […]
#Pocalypso | “Thin Blue Line” Divides the Country
2020-06-17 – Have you seen the “thin blue line” flag that police supporters are waving? I find it weirdly revealing. If I were motivated to rally round the police, I […]
#Pocalypso | Going Beyond the Yakking
2020-06-16 – We all love to yak about the state of the world. Social media is made for that. But yakking on social media rarely fixes anything. You have to […]
#Pocalypso | Good News for a Change: LGBT Protected by Civil Rights Law
2020-06-15 – Good news in a season of bad news: the Supreme Court ruled today that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT workers from job discrimination. […]
#Pocalypso | Dear 2020 Graduates . . .
2020-06-12 – Dear 2020 Graduates: Congratulations on your achievement! I know that your final year didn’t turn out as you expected. Graduation is supposed to be a fun and exciting […]
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