Category Archives: Life

The New Yorker: Will Storr: ‘How Millennials Became The Selfie Generation’

Source: The New Democrat “We look at how society became fascinated with its own image, and try to find the truth behind selfie-taking. How Millennials Became the Selfie Generation | Annals of Obsession” From The New Yorker Just on a personal … Continue reading

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Consumer Affairs: My Sick Week With The Flu

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

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

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

Source: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. Except for the people I worked with … Continue reading

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

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

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 Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season

Source:The Daily Review– welcome to Port Ludlow, Washington. Great place to escape sunny weather and the summer. Source:The Daily Review My 2015 holiday season other than not seeing the sun at all until really my last day in Port Ludlow, … Continue reading

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

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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USA Today: Opinion: Dan Carney- ‘Football is Foreign to American Values’: Say What?

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: USA Today: Opinion: Dan Carney- ‘Football is Foreign to American Values’: Say What? I can’t think of another sport other than maybe baseball that represents America better than American football. … Continue reading

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