Posted inSociopolitical
STFU Newt (et al)
All this jobs talk boggles my mind. Jobs suck. Work sucks. If you don't think your job sucks, ask yourself if you'd keep doing it if they didn't pay you.…
Posted inPersonal
World’s Shortest Epistolary Novel
Email 1: School secretary, to whole school Remember everybody, if you're going to the holiday party, you need to RSVP as soon as possible. Email 2: Me, to school secretary…
Posted inPersonal
Crying Uncle
I have occasionally used this space to opine ruefully about my ongoing aloneness. I don't do it very often for several reasons: I am aware that it makes people uncomfortable.…
Posted inPersonal
Goodbye Summer
Poetry of Departures Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand, As epitaph: He chucked up everything And just cleared off, And always the voice will sound Certain you approve This audacious, purifying, Elemental…
Posted inTechnology
No, You Hang Up First
On the count of three, everybody I know needs to stop updating Facebook and start posting and reading that stuff on Google+. I'll do the same. Alright? Everybody ready? Here…
Posted inPersonal
Things That Are Currently Annoying Me
Summer is great and all, but that doesn't mean that everything is hunky dory all the time. To wit: The version of Sports Night available on Netflix replaces Neil Finn's…
Posted inHumor
Overlord, Schmoverlord
Top Ten Codenames in US Military History 10. Operation Cobra Rain 9. Operation Gastric Thunder 8. Operation Liberty's Spatula 7. Operation Nobody Likes Dennis 6. Operation Horny Penguin 5. Oprah-ration…
Posted inMedia
Disappointing 6.5
Super 8 Review The marketing for Super 8 makes these three promises: that it is an old school Spielbergian sci-fi adventure, complete with daddy issues, that there is a secret…
Posted inEducation
Matthew 6:21
Last week I posted this article about the need to raise teacher salaries. While I am aware that this issue enjoys something less than Mom and apple pie levels of…