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 just discovered that there is a person who thinks I was lying about making my own furniture because I was ignorant about wood glues. JESU IMMANUEL! Cultures have been making furniture without glues for literal millennium, but I am a liar because I don’t use/know glues. I am allergic to most chemical glues and … More Science!
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
PSA:::: 🌡️ How to stay cool during dangerous heat 🌡️. Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities yearly. Heat can be very taxing on the body. With dangerous heat expected, it’s essential to take the following precautions to stay safe. ⚠️ Job Sites – Stay … More It’s 105F here! So Heat Safety Tip PSA
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.
There is an “article” on Facebook going around that deals with the dangers of sodas. Yes, sodas are problematic, but the article, accredited to this person – https://www.facebook.com/judit.forgacs.144 – and only she, is a classic example of really bad science in action. And a piece of dangerousy viral misinformation. TL:DR : It is written in … More On sodas and misinformation (long)
Things I learned by being social media free for 40 days (!). TL;DR – it’s true. People do not talk (vocalize/verbalize) anymore. Also smartphones are increasingly necessary just to get through the day. First, let me define social media. During this period, I used Lent’s forty days, I did not use: Facebook Instagram Twitter Quora … More I gave up social media for 40 days. Here is what I learned.
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.
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.)
Further book research. An intriguing phrase in a book by Thomas Beddoes sent me off down a literary rabbit hole. And among other places this phrase shows up as early in literature as the Epic of Gilgamesh. “To give King Death ass’s ears.” It means to make light of darkness, even Death. It means to … More Book Research: King Death has Ass’s Ears.
EVOLVING MALE 