The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
I was lucky enough to attend the final Allman Brothers Band concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. When I first found out I was going, I thought I might write a review and post it here. But, I soon realized that to write a review correctly, I would need to take notes…
I am all for not shopping on Thanksgiving. I think it’s a shame that stores are open and people have to work. If I had my way, certain holidays would be holy (If I really had my way, I’d have a weekly, secular sabbath). Everything would be closed and no one would have to work. …
As I’ve been reading my social media this Veterans Day, I’m seeing the expected sentiments. Sometimes they are simple, like, “Thank a vet!” and sometimes they are a bit more involved, like, “This charity does great work for veterans, please consider giving.” This is all well and good. But, I’m a bit surprised that everyone is…
When I went to vote on November 4th, I brought my 3 year old daughter with me. As 3 year olds are likely to do, she asked a lot of questions, “What is voting? Why do you have to vote? Can I vote? Are you voting no? What’s that marker for? Can I draw on…
I just finished watching Star Wars – The Clone Wars. Similarly to what I did with DS9, I thought I’d just write a little rambling piece with my thoughts and impressions. I really enjoyed the series. While it won’t knock the Simpsons off its pedestal, it was fun, engaging and had characters that I really…
A friend of mine posted a piece recently called “Don’t Vote or Die“. When I saw it, I posted some comments disagreeing with a few of his points. Since then, a lot of my friends have been making comments about not voting in the upcoming election. Every time I hear them, I think of this…
On October 24th, 2014, there were at least two shootings in America. One involved high school students in Washington and the other involved police officers in California. Shootings like these have become so common that they don’t even steal the headlines in the news cycle. These two incidents were right alongside stories about the Ebola…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Normally, I think these types of events are kind of silly in a way perfectly summed up by a couple of pieces in The Onion. I never thought that lack of awareness was a problem when it came to breast cancer. In a lot of ways, breast cancer is…
There is nothing that bothers me more than seeing bad arguments put forth by a group I want to be sympathetic to or for a position I support. If it can get worse it would be when the group, or person, making the argument should know better. Unfortunately, for these very reasons, teachers drive me…
