As someone who believes that blanket trigger warnings, coddling, and misinformation are hurting us as a species, and as someone who is anti-tribalist, I am going to gamble here on you reading this through, and maybe asking me questions if I am unclear. It is only out of sincere feelings of respect that I choose … More On religion, social media, and self censorship
I’m thinking of giving up social media again for a month soon – this is something I do periodically for my own mental health but wow, today, was a pain. CAVEAT: If you continue reading you will find my opinions – reasoned ones, I’d like to think, but still my opinions. Some of them are … More Possible break notice and micro-rant
Thanks to COVID, I am doing a lot of reading in bed, and that includes readings I normally would leave on my TBR pile to allow it to riipen a bit further because even though I am interested in stuff like this it is not as fun to read as say, The Kingkiller series (Get … More On Vice
TL;DR – pity sucks and hurts everyone involved. Shorter read? You can skip my personal manifesto at the top and get to stuff that might help you by starting where it says, “That said, let me get a bit more academic here for others having the same problem as myself.” * * * * * … More On Pity and Why You Should Be Done With It.
Stonewall was a riot. Blue balls and blue jeans, short skirts, drag queens dragged through a blue line, batons against bisexuals, there was no glitter or colored flags just “colored fags” and men in blue denim making fists instead of holding hands. Transpeople being transported through spilt beer bottles and rainbows of piss and broken … More Stonewall was a riot! (poem)
So let’s talk about ethics here for a bit, okay? Well, ethics and morals. They are different despite the usage of both words as synonyms here in the US. Here is how I define the words for clarity. Ethics are the official rules, more or less, and morals, the unofficial ones more or less. And … More Do or do not? Sometimes trying is best.
TL;DR ::: Break time. Quick tips at bottom! My life has been a complete mess. I need an exercise in discipline. As such, I have decided to revisit my SOJ roots and observe Lent. I will be turning off my social media for the duration and concentrating on health, hearth, and family. I will accept … More Social media break.
Just a thought here re: fireworks. I am a huge believer in our Constitutional rights – member of the ACLU, Lambda Legal, etc, BUT here is the thing. I’ve read the Constitution. I recommend it to everyone. And it says that while we all have a right to individual liberty we also all have a … More Fireworks, 2022, and Civil Liberties
If they have a private room – NEVER go in it. Screw privacy; it’s just that you really don’t want to know. Not even if there is a funny smell. Wash your hands often. Do not pick up the wet wash clothes with your bare hands. A damp towel put back on the tile piles … More Things You Learn Living with Adult-sized Children (USA ed.)
People keep telling me Greenville is a wonderful place to live. Then why am I thinking of moving? I came here almost ten years ago from Asheville, NC because I attended a performance of the local symphony and fell in love with the city. I bought a house in a quiet cul-de-sac with trees and … More Greenville, SC : Death of a City?
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