Are we getting dumber?
— Sarah McCammon NPR (@sarahmccammon) January 21, 2017 My friend and grad school classmate Rodney Ho, in response to the above tweet From NPR’s Sarah McCammon, commented: The Internet was supposed […]
Meanderings
I think about a lot of things, and if it doesn’t fit into one of these other categories, it will go in here.
Make America Hate Again
Last week, I wrote about being attacked on Twitter for my atheism. And while this isn’t new, to be honest, it made me think of what’s happened in our country […]
Atheism and morality
On Twitter, recently, I got into an argument with a guy about the digital divide. The substance of the argument is unimportant. What’s important to this blog is the following […]
The 2nd day of the year
The winter holidays are over. You’ve made it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. Hopefully, your New Year’s Day hangover is also over. If you’re like 45% of Americans, […]
What did you get for X-mas?
It’s now the day after Christmas. What gifts did you get? Due to my custody situation with my daughter, we’ll open gifts at our house tomorrow morning. We did the […]
Mixed emotions
My friend Jim Voris recently commented on this article in the AJC about a plan to add bike lanes to DeKalb Avenue. In his comment, he sarcastically talks about “mixed emotions,” […]
Filling space at Christmas
Every year around this time, we do a purge of my daughter’s room of items she’s outgrown or no longer wants in order to make room for what she’s going […]
Frequency, scarcity, duration, and why I hate Christmas
People of a certain age probably remember this event from grade school – being gathered together to watch the Olympics on television. I’ve talked to other Gen-Xers who remember this, […]
Learning courage
In my last blog post, I essentially committed to my daughter, and by extension, the other women in my life, that I would do my utmost to ensure that if […]
An open letter to Annie
Annie, I’m so sorry for what happened. Somehow, the electorate decided that it was okay to strip away your dignity and rights and set your future back a few years, […]