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how to politely interact with lame attempts at “owning the libs” on social media

EACH MORNING, I SIP MY CAFE BUSTELO and read my email. There is usu­ally at least one email from Quora per­taining to topics that in­terest me—primarily cur­rent events and pol­i­tics. Pe­rusing the ques­tions, an­swers, and memes, I hope to learn some­thing new. Oc­ca­sion­ally, I even at­tempt to in­teract with those I dis­agree with. [Read more] “how to politely interact with lame attempts at “owning the libs” on social media”

giving the new blog post idea generator a look-see

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”

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no sweat (a poem)

No Sweat

(A poem by Ananda)

I am tired of the excuses.
I am unin­spired by the same song.
Seems like every­body wants a quick fix.
Seems like no­body wants to put in the work.

No pain, no sweat.
No gain, no loss.

Seems like every­body wants the promotion
but no­body wants to climb that mountain. [Read more] “no sweat (a poem)”

grow up, peter pan (a poem)

Grow up, Peter Pan!

(A poem by Ananda)

Grow up, Peter Pan!
You can’t stay in Nev­er­land forever.
There will be a day when the dust rubs off;
you’ll hit the ground and look up at the stars;
you’ll sit and wonder, “Where did my life go?” 
‘Cause you’re no longer a Lost Boy,
just an old pi­rate creeper playing little boy games. [Read more] “grow up, peter pan (a poem)”

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feeling nostalgic for independent video rental stores

SIX SMALL IN­DE­PEN­DENT VIDEO RENTAL STORES could be found within two miles of our apart­ment in Bellevue, Wash­ington. While each store car­ried the req­ui­site hits to pay the rent, each also had unique ti­tles that re­flected the tastes of the owners. A couple even had small rooms in the back where little kids weren’t allowed. [Read more] “feeling nostalgic for independent video rental stores”

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so this guy offers to buy this girl a drink

AN AR­TICLE ON YAHOO NEWS caught my at­ten­tion. “Guy of­fers a drink to girl at a bar, then re­fuses to pay for it” was pub­lished in 2020 and quickly racked up thou­sands of com­ments. Un­for­tu­nately, the ar­ticle is poorly written and in­com­plete but based on the title it was in­tended to stir up Yahoo readers. [Read more] “so this guy offers to buy this girl a drink”

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internetspeak 101: research vs. in-depth research

HAVE YOU READ AN AN­SWER ON QUORA or a com­ment on Face­book or a whole damn ar­ticle on some­one’s blog where they as­sure you that “I have done the re­search” but somehow manage to get all the per­ti­nent facts wrong? That is be­cause there are dif­ferent de­f­i­n­i­tions for terms on the in­ternet than every­where else. [Read more] “internetspeak 101: research vs. in-depth research”

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MAGAs hoping to retake this nation in 2024 already threatening poor libtards!

ARE LIB­ERALS READY for us MAGA Re­pub­li­cans to re­take this na­tion in 2024? We are going to pass so many laws re­stricting them that their heads will ex­plode.” That was the question/statement/declaration on Quora to which I re­sponded in a manner that I hoped was en­ter­taining and not seem in­suf­fer­ably silly. [Read more] “MAGAs hoping to retake this nation in 2024 already threatening poor libtards!”

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follow the money from bushes to barnes

HIS­TORY NEEDS TO KNOW that former Lieutenant-Governor of Texas Ben Barnes has ac­knowl­edged being in­volved in an ef­fort to get Iran to hold the Amer­ican hostages so that Ronald Reagan could win the pres­i­dency in 1980. This is known as the Oc­tober Sur­prise and there is a trail from this through the Bushes to Barnes. [Read more] “follow the money from bushes to barnes”