There was a time not too long ago, less than three years really, when very few people gave a crap about what was making them slightly sick. Your immune system works because you’re a little bit sick all the time. Your body is constantly exposed to new threats, and while
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
I have a fool-proof way of ridding the world of COVID-19 overnight. That’s not an exaggeration. My solution is simple, and if implemented, would completely eradicate COVID-19 by this time tomorrow. The day after at the latest. My plan? Make everyone pay for their own COVID tests and vacksinations. No
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
I have a Twitter account. I never use it, but I have one. And about once a week or so, I receive an email from Twitter telling me about things they think I should know about. A couple of articles ago, I talked about how there was a tweet saying,
I was taking a walk the other day when I felt a pressure in my chest. My first thought was, “crap, I’m having another heart attack”. But I took an inventory of how I felt, and life support seemed to be working just fine. So, it wasn’t a heart attack.
I remember one time when I was in kindergarten. Nap time had just started and a classmate of mine took off one of his boots. Then he poured about a dozen marbles out onto the floor, and they scattered everywhere. His older brothers had put the marbles in his shoe
It used to be that a story about an athlete dropping dead on the playing field was big news. Now it happens so often that it’s starting to become background noise. Think about it. Two years ago, we might hear one, maybe two stories a year about people dying while
I went back to college in my late 30’s. By then, I had learned the trick of working smarter rather than harder. One time, I had to write a paper for my Economics class. Since I didn’t really care for the class, I decided to take a shortcut. In other
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! The phrase “pick your poison” has a couple different meanings. It can refer to making a choice between two or more unpleasant options. When you “pick your poison”, you’re choosing which bad thing you’d prefer to happen. It’s also