A couple months ago, I was working on a project at my job. The goal was to identify potential system problems and send a message when something hinky was detected. I decided that when an issue was detected, I’d send a message that began with the words “System Notification” followed
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Did you know that this week is National Free Speech Week? It is. And, since my freedom of speech allows me to talk about whatever I want, I’m going to talk about censorship. I was emailing yesterday with one
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Over the course of my life, I’ve worked for a number of startup companies. The thing about startups is that they’re almost always looking for money. After an especially brutal investor pitch, we were told that the reason we
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
Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Now that the booster shots are on the table, I seem to be having the same conversation I had before with the same people. Back when they were first deciding whether or not to get vacksinated, I asked them
Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Today, instead of one longer article, I’m going to touch on three topics that weren’t big enough for me to cover individually. The New York Times, Joe Rogan and Ivermectin As you may know, Joe Rogan announced this week
Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! We need to stop blaming Joe Biden for…well…everything. Because it’s not his fault. Nothing is. Blaming Joe Biden for the mess the country is in is sort of like blaming an elderly person when they have a car accident.
Over the past few months, I’ve had many conversations that go something like this: Other Person: “I’m going to get vacksinated” Me: “Aren’t you worried about the side effects?” Other Person: “What side effects?” Then we talk a bit and I tell them about the eleven-plus thousand Americans (and counting)
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about the ridiculous things that people believe. You know, crazy shit like vackseens aren’t killing people, personal pronouns are a good idea and that racist white cops are trying to exterminate black men. I wondered how so many smart
I’m going to sum up Critical Race Theory in three words: It’s whitey’s fault. That’s it. That’s all you need to know. If you can remember that, then you’ll have mastered the entire concept behind Critical Race Theory (CRT). It’s pretty simple really, everything else you hear about CRT are