Immediately after saying we should not engage in negativity on social media, I put a comment on someone's blog post. I replied To say the only way to be enlightened is to listen to someone that you already agree with is troubling. Their reply was: Are you offended? Am I not entitled to agree with … Continue reading Adulting is so hard
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Our Friends Made Us Do It
I have been thinking about how our culture works right now. With social media, people are attaining power and money over us by making us angry. That anger divides us. Making people angry simply works for people and organizations that don’t want us to think reasonably. Facebook makes money and political groups fire up their … Continue reading Our Friends Made Us Do It
Express Pain Through Poetry
A book or an article about Oprah’s life would be an important read. But a poem that goes through the emotions someone has towards their abuser is immediate and powerful.
Lessons and Setbacks
Walking out from work, I was walking along the road (the sidewalk is tore up), I saw a guy hesitate to pull out and then hesitiate to drive away until I had passed him. Boy, I wanted to let this driver know he was stupid. He gave me a wave and only then could I … Continue reading Lessons and Setbacks
Don’t Cancel Me
I do not want to see another stand up routine like "The Diceman." However, can we occasionally still have characters like Barney on "How I Met Your Mother?"
The Glass Leg
Jason had his hands on his hips like he just found out his flight was delayed, but Becky, I could tell, was shaken by the news. I wanted to put her at ease, but knew the first thing to do was give Jason the skinny on how thing run down here.
Lines from Childhood
Last week at work, my coworker brought up a scene from All in The Family, where Archie and Meathead have a discussion on the process for putting on shoes and socks. Then we discussed Mary Tyler Moore scene where she has a laughing jag at a funeral for a clown. The weird thing is that … Continue reading Lines from Childhood
OBAMA JUST EXPOSED
Interesting that this entry doesn't talk about Trump meeting with the Taliban and making the agreement to leave.
Vaccinations are like Motorcycle Parking
Doesn’t this go on a lot? By all of us and on many things. But as an example, so many people got angry over the quarantine. Like me, they are angry and did not bother getting the facts. There is the other issue of the concerted effort of people to disparage the experts and fire people up. But for too many things, we see something, and it seems wrong to us. But we never search out information. We never assume that people or organizations have a good reason for their actions (I actually wrote a funny novel on how they don’t).
Both Sides Can be Right
People should be given the information. Covid-19 is terrible. So are abortions. The case should be won not through force but through the presentation of facts.
Thomas Cannon Author 