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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

Sysiphus

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First Posted 16-Jan-2015 Leelah, you poor thing. Bless your heart. You died for no reason. The world will not be fixed, sorry. There were three words in Leelah’s suicide note that just stopped me dead, “Fix the World”. The world can’t be fixed. It doesn’t come correct. Trying to makeContinue Reading

Anne Hathaway Golden Globes

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First Posted 19-Jan-2015 What He Sees What She Sees She’s Hot! My tits are not even I could do her. My tits are too small She’d be into me I have weird eyes. She’s probably a good cook. My skin is oily. I’m kinda fat & dumpy He’s kinda cute I don’tContinue Reading

Lighthouse Sunset

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First Posted 22-Jan-2015 I guess I’m making the very mistake I complain about. Folk ‘sposed to stop being silly when it comes to the phrase, “Climate Change”. I’ve written over 800 words making this mistake. It just seems so obvious that the phrase “Climate Change” means nothing. Oh, and asContinue Reading