[Today is Mom’s birthday. She’s not hitting a ‘milestone’ age and, given my Father’s Day post last year, it would probably makes more sense to write this in May. But where’s the fun in that?] Against all odds, it appears that the workforce is getting younger and I’m staying the...
At least once a year, I reread Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series. Each novel is a good thousand pages long but, luckily (and sadly), there are only currently two volumes published. By this point, I’ve read the first of these books – ‘The Way of Kings’ – six or seven times....
I’ve decided that English needs different shorthand expressions for “Please repeat yourself, I didn’t hear you” and “I heard you clearly, but don’t know what you’re talking about.” I’m not sure what the Official Phrasing is for each, but everything I can think to try ends up with on conflatable...
This post was incited by ‘When Wrongthink Becomes Workplace Harrassment’ from Reason.com and, subsequently, Wearing ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ insignia could be punishable racial harassment – from the Washington Post. I’m perennially of two minds about issues of ‘social justice’ (especially in the workplace). It’s super important. All of the bad -isms can’t be...
Disclaimer: While this post is mostly a response to a specific article (and subsequent Facebook conversation), it does contain some criticism of feminist theory. Given the subject matter, this is basically impossible to avoid. If you are one who gets upset at hearing third wave feminism criticized, please embrace the...
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