Category Archives: Life

The New Yorker: Will Storr- How Millennials Became The Selfie Generation

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

Source: The New Democrat Just on a personal I note: I’m really glad I went to and graduated high school in the early and mid 1990s and not today with the personality I have then and now. Going to high … Continue reading →

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The Economist: Lane Green- Why Do We Swear?

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

Source: The New Democrat Warning: this piece could offend a lot of people who are very religious and have a PG-13 mentality. Before I explain why I believe we (meaning Americans, as if there is anyone else ) swear, first … Continue reading →

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Consumer Affairs: My Sick Week With The Flu

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

Source: FRS FreeState Last Saturday not yesterday, but the Saturday before that, I was at my desk in my office working on my blog doing some updating on some of my pieces. I generally don’t blog on the weekends as … Continue reading →

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Skeptic Magazine: How Michael Shermer Became a Card-Carrying Skeptic

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat If you want to make this about religion, I come from a German-American family in Maryland, but my father is a hardcore card-carrying Atheist, who if anything has gone Communist … Continue reading →

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Skeptic Magazine: Rachel Bloom- How Rachel Bloom Became a Card-Carrying Skeptic

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review I believe anyone who is a realist and just doesn’t call themselves a realist because they have some need to have people believed they’re smarter and more advanced than they really … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: Today in History For September 11th- Remembering 9/11, 2001

Posted on September 11, 2016 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review Just to give you a personal reflection about 9/11. I was working at a movie theater and not happy about it and working the nightshift and disliked that even more. … Continue reading →

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ABC News: World News Tonight-Colin Kaepernick Refuses to Stand During National Anthem: Opportunism at it’s Worst

Posted on August 28, 2016 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review In life there are followers and there are leaders. There are trend-setters who would be leaders and there are people who follow whatever the latest trend is who would be … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker: Mary Norris- Comma Queen: “Awesome” Is the New “Massive”: How Real Words Lose Their Real Meaning

Posted on March 8, 2016 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The New Yorker: Mary Norris- Comma Queen: “Awesome” Is the New “Massive”: How Real Words Lose Their Real Meaning Just a quick note and a bit of a warning. Valley … Continue reading →

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The Daily Review: The Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season

Posted on January 2, 2016 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season My 2015 holiday season other than not seeing the sun at all until really my last day in Port Ludlow, Washington which is … Continue reading →

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The Daily Review: The Week in Review- Life is a Highway, Move on, or Get Off

Posted on December 13, 2015 by

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The Week in Review- Life is a Highway, Move on, or Get Off A slow week on this blog as far as activity. This blog hasn’t posted anything since Wednesday … Continue reading →

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