For those of you who are unaware, my uncle is also a writer, and a darn good one at that. Yes, my uncle Geoff has written a wonderful work, Scudder’s Gorge, that speaks poignantly about our potential for both violence and love towards our fellow human beings. In any case, I’m not just trying to […]
I Care Where I Put My Commas
I Care Where I Put My Commas I am going to give you fair warning right now: This shit is about get really nerdy really quick. I do- I care about where I put my commas. I care about exacting prose done right. And in the midst of a chaotic world where no one […]
Kids Should be Seen and Heard
Today we are going to try something a little different. For those of you who don’t know, today is Bring Your Child to Work Day, that annual rite of passage where co-workers bemoan the fact that some of us have decided to wreak havoc on the world by making the choice to breed. But not […]
The Cognitive Dissonance of Sports Fandom
The Cognitive Dissonance of Sports Fandom So this is the second installment of my reaction to Curt Schilling’s recent firing by ESPN for an insensitive Facebook post Schilling made about transgenders in the wake of the new North Carolina bathroom law requiring that people use the bathroom corresponding to the gender delineation from their birth […]
How Public Outrage Killed Free Speech
How Public Outrage Killed Free Speech As I was driving around town this morning, two important news stories came across the radio (yes, I still listen to old fashioned commercial radio when driving). I had already been working on a blog this week centered around my love affair with the comma, but immediately knew that […]
Internet Anonymity
How Internet Anonymity Created a Legion of Jerkbags Let me start my diatribe this week by taking a moment to thank all of you for taking the time to read this nonsensical drivel. Seriously, when I go over the analytics to see how many people read TRUTH: IN 1000 WORDS or LESS each Tuesday and Friday, I […]
How Internet Anonymity Created a Legion of Jerkbags
Let me start my diatribe this week by taking a moment to thank all of you for taking the time to read this nonsensical drivel. Seriously, when I go over the analytics to see how many people read TRUTH: IN 1000 WORDS or LESS each Tuesday and Friday, I am consistently amazed. Recently, the numbers […]
Is the United States Really Happy?
In response to my last column on the absolute shit show the 2016 presidential election has become, one of my relatives wrote back to me and suggested I “control my rage” and then implied, with hardly subtle irony, that I should vote for Hilary. Ah, I just love how nurturing and supportive my family is. […]
Election 2016: Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich
Election 2016: Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich? How did we come to this America? Is there anybody out there that really believes that this shit show of an election was what the founding father’s had in mind when they penned the Constitution? I’ve read it from beginning to end, even quite carefully a couple of […]
Election 2016: Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich
Election 2016: Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich? How did we come to this America? Is there anybody out there that really believes that this shit show of an election was what the founding father’s had in mind when they penned the Constitution? I’ve read it from beginning to end, even quite carefully a couple of […]