Socialist Christ

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First Posted 30-Dec-2014 My Dad has become a troll. He does this thing at least once each time I visit him. He’ll throw a macro-aggressive statement out there to trigger me. Sometimes, when I was younger, I flung words back at him. These days, though, I’ve learned to dodge his rhetoricalContinue Reading

Happy New Year 2015

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First Posted 29-Dec-2014 So, it seems that an easy out in a space like this is to use WordPress to publish lists. Sort of like phoning in a blog post. You come up with a list of oh, 10 Ways to Win the Lottery, 10 Naked Celebrities or 10 SpectacularContinue Reading

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First Posted 04-Jan-2015 It is a rainy, sleepy Saturday as I type this. I’m halfway through the usual chores. I’ll punctuate the day with another nap. Then, to finish what I started–laundry being next. This thought, though, wouldn’t leave me alone: my frame of reference is as the black swanContinue Reading

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First Posted 07-Jan-2015 I’m confused because I was in Whole Foods again and reminded that parts of the store are conflicting for me. I have my new year’s resolutions like many this time of year. I need to lose 30lbs, save at least $2500.00, build an emergency fund, improve onContinue Reading

Bipolar

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First Posted 10-Jan-2015 The first version of this published this morning. Last night, as I worked on it, and this morning, this thought stuck to me, that some bad ideas are incredibly pernicious. They stick around through generations. My GrandDad’s core belief that he could find nirvana in an inventionContinue Reading

Socialism Educating Alan

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I put this in the “Not News” bucket. If you paid much attention in college you know almost everything in this post. You can safely ignore it. This story about Stuart Alsop is amusing: Tesla decides not to sell a car to a customer. Tell me that the community isContinue Reading

Chemistry Glass

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First Posted 11-Jan-2015 It was a pattern repeated. Wells would have an idea. It would be the one. This idea would pay big. He just needed funding. Not much, maybe a hundred grand or so. So he’d set about finding an investor. He was usually able to find one. ThenContinue Reading

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First Posted 13-Jan-2015 Bob returns, “Thank you for calling MCI Worldcom Customer Service. My name is Bob. How may I make your day better?” 당신의 이름 은 당신이 머리 바보 기저귀 밥 하지 않습니다! 왜 내Interweb 를 해제 했는가?(Your name is not Bob, you diaper head idiot. Why did youContinue Reading

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First Posted 15-Jan-2015 So, I nicknamed somebody, “SumYung HotTea” to make a point. The character was a collage of folk I’ve known. I thought I was done with her. Not. It’s never good to try and go blow for blow with a writer who owns a domain. This is why:Continue Reading

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First Posted 16-Jan-2015 2-Feb-2016, Richmond, Va.—It’s a bit curious to be editing this a year after I first posted it. At the time I wrote it I was a month into another job search. As was true last year I was one of those without an income and struggling toContinue Reading