rationality out of thin air (and elsewhere)
THIS IS THE DEFAULT CATEGORY on this blog and was previously the General Observations category. Here you’ll find articles about my wife and my cat, anecdotes and jokes—basically anything that doesn’t fit into any of the other, more specified categories.
Most of the pieces here are reasonably gentle—those essays or articles that contain any vitriol will be found in the Neal’s Rants (Really Political) category.
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EMAIL CLAIMS I HAVE A TROJAN HORSE VIRUS! I received an email claiming to have breached the security of my computer and recorded me while, ahem, interacting with online porn. The sender attempted to extort money from me: “I see what you’re doing. If you don’t pay, I’ll send this dirt to all your contacts!” [Read more] ““my trojan horse virus recorded your solitary sex””
HOME VIDEOS OF CATS AND DOGS at play, at rest, eating, etc., remain incredibly popular on the internet. Type “cat videos” into Google and you will get about 8,790,000,000 results. Dog videos are even more popular with about 11,040,000,000 results! Cat and dog panel cartoons are not as prominent with about 57,000,000 and 50,000,000 results, respectively. [Read more] “just cat and dog cartoons on facebook”
I AM DISCONTINUING THE SERVICE that sends pop-up messages to readers. Subscribing to these pop-ups—called push notifications—required you to click on the bell (the large image pictured above) in the lower corner of this blog. Due to their negative impact on the speed and efficiency of this blog, these notifications will cease immediately. [Read more] “no more bell, no more pop-up notifications”
I ASSUME THAT FACEBOOK’S EDITORS are, in fact, computer algorithms. Or, perhaps, applicants for the position have to score somewhere on the autism spectrum to be hired. Hell, maybe they just ain’t got no sense of humor! These guesses are based on the few run-ins that I have had with them and their warning messages. [Read more] “when the food is gone, I’m eating you first”
WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT! This topic is often on the minds of all types of writers. It’s an especially important topic for writers who have to fill pages in a print or online publication where there is a deadline and quantity is often more important than quality. So why not a blog post idea generator? [Read more] “giving the new blog post idea generator a look-see”