This country would be a whole lot better off if people bought into the concept of individual accountability. Somewhere along the line, we’ve become a nation that blames things for the actions of the people using them, instead of blaming the people for their actions. Before we get started, I
When I was growing up, I lived on a dairy farm. And we had an Australian Blue Heeler. We called him “Wimpy”. He was an amazing cattle dog. No one really trained him, he just instinctively knew what to do with the cows. The reason they’re called “heelers” is because
What if I told you I wanted you to take all your valuables and put them in the least secure place you could find? Perhaps in the middle of your backyard. Take any cash you’ve got lying around, any watches, jewelry, iPhones and other electronics and put them in a
It seems like more and more often, I find myself shaking my head and wondering how anyone can think the things that some people think. I’ll admit, my political views tend to lean a bit Conservative, so most of the time the people whose thinking I’m thinking about happen to
I’m sure everyone has been hit up by various organizations asking for your political opinion. The ones I hate are the ones that ask a question like: “How good of a job do you think the governor is doing?”. Then, they only allow you to choose from one of the
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! It’s time for another episode of PonkaBlog Shorts. Today you get four short articles instead of one long one. It’s the same amount of snark, just in bite-sized chunks. Alec Baldwin Let’s start with a pop quiz. If someone
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! 80 million sounds like a pretty big number. That’s because in most scenarios, it is. For example, let’s say we were talking about 80 million inches. That’s a lot of inches. In fact, 80 million inches is about the
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Sometimes things don’t work out the way you think they should. You might end up getting where you want to be, you just take an unexpected path to get there. The Law of Unintended Consequences states that when you
Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Years ago, before Jimmy Fallon and before Jay Leno, a guy named Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show. If you’re old enough, you might remember him. Johnny’s faithful sidekick was Ed McMahon. They had a shtick where Johnny would
Joe Biden did not say he was going to nuke the citizens of the United States. It makes great clickbait, but you can’t stretch your imagination enough to turn what he said/stammered into a threat against We the People. If we look at what he was trying to say instead