Jam Stunna’s Quarantine Watch Recommendations
Jamil RaglandThis pandemic ain't going nowhere, so it looks like a long winter of watching TV. Here's a few things I've enjoyed over the last six months. American Barbecue Showdown (Netflix,…
Dog Whistles In My Hometown
Gene GlotzerDog Whistle: a coded message communicated through words or phrases commonly understood by a particular group of people, but not by others. Every year, I like to pay attention to…
What Have the Police Done for You?
Photo by ev on Unsplash My girlfriend makes fun of me because I always stop at crosswalks, press the button and wait. I tell her I do that because I…
Brand Names
The warehouse I work in does natural, organic, and specialty food. That means there's a lot of ethnic/imported foods, a lot of kosher foods, and a lot of brands that…
Quarantine Hair
I haven't gotten a haircut in eight or nine months. I know haircuts have been allowed since the summer, but it strikes me as a high risk/low reward activity. I…
We’re Still In a Pandemic, Aren’t We?
This was an interesting week. But I guess to tell it right, I have to start with last week. We had a COVID-scare. My brother was showing symptoms and went…
I’m Confused
I didn’t think I could be surprised anymore. The past four years have been that bizarre. But when news broke that the FBI arrested a group of terrorists who were…
Short-termism
I'm not, by nature, a person concerned with the short-term. If I lie awake worrying, there's a better chance that I'm worrying about the eventual heat-death of the universe than…
Eddie Van Halen
When Tom Petty died, I talked about how rare it was for me to be into a musician or band that was popular when they were popular. Van Halen was…
Magic
I'm tired of people saying there's no such thing as magic. That's one of my least favorite features of the modern world. We have science now, so no more magic.…