Today is International Men’s Day. Which is ironic because it’s also my son’s birthday. Why is this ironic? Because International Men’s Day is a day that, among other things, focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of men. And, because my son believes he’s a woman. Those of you who
From time to time I run across items that I want to talk about, but aren’t big enough to be made into an episode. I grab a few of these and call them “PonkaBlog Shorts”. Today, I’m going to do four shorter segments instead of one long one. Here we
One thing I’ve noticed lately is that, in general, people are horrible at their jobs. It seems that whenever I interact with anyone, I’m met with attitude, incompetence, or both. It didn’t used to be that way. As recently as a few years ago, people seemed to care about doing
A while back, I was talking with my neighbor. She always seemed like a reasonable person and fell on the Conservative side of most issues. Sometime during the conversation, I forgot what we were talking about, she stated her complete and utter hatred for Israel. I found out that her
I friend of mine once told me he believes that out of everyone he knows, I’m the person most likely to get away with murder. Hmm. You should know by now that I like to think about things like that. So, I did. Before I get started, I want to
I realized the other day that I’m my own worst enemy. I’m not alone. You’re probably your own worst enemy too. The reason is that our political system has no real process for airing grievances. Well. OK. We can air grievances, but there’s no simple process for undoing something stupid
I’m sure most of you already know not to believe pretty much anything you see online. But, even the wariest of us can still occasionally trip up and, every once in a while, take something on faith. Today, I present three examples of why you should stop doing that. Here’s
Let me ask you a question. When does a whistleblower become a defendant? Let’s see if we can figure it out. Three years ago, I had a “discussion” with a “friend” of mine on Facebook. The topic was vote-by-mail fraud. His claim was that voting by mail was the most
I can solve the whole problem of preferred pronouns. But I’m going to need your help. If we all work together, preferred pronouns will be a thing of the past in about three weeks. Remember a few episodes ago when I said it was impossible to be more crazy than
Since the turn of the century, I have voted in five presidential elections. And my vote hasn’t counted once. My vote was counted, but it didn’t count. For the past 23 years, I have lived in either Massachusetts or California. Both are highly Democratic states. And, because of the way