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The Reckoning

It’s happening again.  For weeks we’ve all been experiencing the seemingly never-ending lead up to the mid-term elections.  If you’re like me, you’ve long passed the point where you’re tired of being force-fed political ads filled with lies about one thing or another.  Candidates from every side promise countless things

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Doritos v. COVID

Just about every year, I get summoned for jury duty.  The way they do it here is they make you report to the “Hall of Justice” along with the other Super Friends…OK, I made up the part about the Super Friends.  But it really is called the “Hall of Justice”.

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A Matter of Perspective

I saw a meme the other day.  It’s supposed to be a poke at Baby Boomers because some of us happen to be against having to pay for someone else’s student loans.  What it really is, is an example of manipulation of the data to evoke an emotional response by

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The Customer is Always Frustrated

When was the last time you had a pleasant experience with any company’s customer service department?  If you’re like me, it’s been years.  In fact, I can’t remember the last time I had to contact customer support for anything and had an experience that was even slightly better than craptacular.

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Fish in a Barrel

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

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Degrees of Stupidity

I was having lunch with a bunch of 30-something people I work with.  After a couple of minutes, it occurred to me I have practically nothing in common with any of them.  So, I mostly just sat, listened, and thought to myself, “been there, done that”. Which was a good

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Weighing the Benefits

I was listening to an advertisement the other day.  It started out, “If you’re overweight, it’s not your fault.”  Umm.  Yes it is.  Unless someone is force feeding you cheesecake and fried chicken, it’s your fault. The ad continued to talk about slow metabolism and genetics and tried to convince

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For the Record

I got an email from Amazon the other day telling me about a book that they think I might want to read.  The accolades for the book went something like this: “This is the number one best seller of any fourth book in a series written by this author!”.  I

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Solving the Homeless Problem

Governments everywhere have a bad habit of slapping a coat of paint on something and then pointing at it as some grand accomplishment.  When, in reality, nothing changed. Take the homeless problem for example.  A few years ago, there was a big deal made of some local government agency here

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Baconomics

There have been more than a few people, me included, complaining about how Biden and his insane policies have driven up gas prices to record levels. The usual answer from people who have their heads up so far up their asses that they still support Biden goes something like, “Gasoline

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