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RIP Masky

There’s a term used to describe how long something will work before it breaks.  That term is “Mean Time Between Failure” or MTBF for short.  I used the same face mask for the last 87 days.  It’s typically kept in the cup holder in my car beneath my travel mug. 

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Cause and Effect

As you know, I’m a big believer in personal accountability.  Maybe it’s my mid-western upbringing but I believe that I alone am responsible for whatever, good or bad, results from my actions.  People doing stupid things and then whining because they don’t like the results really irk me.  The riots

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Punctuation

Here’s a brief lesson on punctuation. It was part of an essay I’m writing but needed to cut it to reduce the article’s length. I think it’s important so I’m going to let it stand on its own. Here goes:Quotation marks have a specific use. That is, to let the

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How to Behave on Social Media

Today’s message is another Public Service Announcement. I’m going to give you some tools to help you effectively communicate on social media. If you’re the type of person who replies to posts just to troll or vent, then you’re not going to find this useful. But, if you want to

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Internet Troll

This is going to be less like my normal posts and more like a public service announcement. I’m sure at least some of you know all about this but I’d bet that not everyone does. Maybe this will be useful to at least a few other people. Recently, a friend

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The Talk

I saw a video last week where a black man was in tears because he had to have “the talk” with his son about how not to get killed by the police just because he’s black. The man then said that no white man would ever need to have that

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Sentient Virus

I know a lot of you here in California are disappointed because many of the beaches are going to be closed for the 4th of July weekend. Public officials are afraid that if people are allowed to go to the beach, the corona virus will spread. But don’t worry, I

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