“Gettin’ Technical” (30 October 2013)
You know, quoting the Bible or the Constitution verbatim, or citing other relevant facts in an argument – is the didactic pedantic’s way of “keepin’ it real.”
“Which Annoys Your Leftie Friends More?” (28 January 2018)
The fact that you never vote to rob your neighbors, or the fact that you call voting to rob your neighbors “voting to rob your neighbors”?
In my case I’d have to go with the latter offense. Most of my friends are long over my peculiar voting policy (unless they still find it amusing). I think it may be their subconscious realization that voting is generally useless. However, they still hate that I won’t endorse their lies or larceny. Of course, I expect that “His Serenity Now” will again insist that he responds “more in sadness than in anger.”
“Not Too Bright, I Does No Right” (14 September 2018)
They tells me that the selfish CANNOT care about others, BECAUSE of the dictionary, and that “they” and “them” and “their” and “they’re” are all singular, IN SPITE OF the dictionary. The conclusion are clear — I does no right.
(18 October 2018) Workin’ at the Quikk Stopp by the Interstate may be only a step up from livin’ in a van down by the river. A small step, but it is a step, and in the right direction.
“Necessary Polarity” (9 December 2018)
There are generally only two classes of data under a bell curve: norms and deviants. They are mathematical descriptions of expectations alone and can be taken as either slurs or commendations as befits beholders.
Celebrate diversity? Sure.
Why so serious? Because I understand both English and Arithmetic.
“Why HR is so Reasonable” (9 March 2019)
It makes perfect sense. Who’d want to work with a productive, efficient, resourceful asshole, when he could be carrying a charming and affable parasite through every shift?
“Just say ‘WEIRDO’, it’s Easier Than Thinking (30 June 2019)
When Easy Identification Resists Doctrinaire Orthodoxy, the lazy rhetorician will start dissembling and misdirecting and marginalizing. “Weirdo“ is not an affirmative description of a person‘s appearance, demeanor, or character, specifically, though it can allude to all of that and more. No, “Weird“ tells you what someone is NOT rather than what he IS. He is not normal, he is not average, he exhibits some characteristics of appearance or behavior or ideology that seem to be from the far ends of the bell curves. He‘s not what you would expect, he doesn‘t fit your paradigm, he stands out, he‘s weird. This is not just an “All-American” conceit, it is nearly universal in application. MY tribal superstitions are natural laws, whereas YOUR cherished traditions are arrant nonsense.
“Unnecessary Disparity” (20 July 2019)
People demand the truth until they get it. Then I’m just being rude.
(190907) Anyone who refers to the united States as “Our Democracy” has done us all a great favor. Such usage identifies the user as an historical illiterate, and shows his lack of understanding or appreciation for constitutional republican order. We can readily infer that anything that flows from such a corrupt premise (like pharmacological advice from a Phlogiston Chemist) will be of little value, if not actually deleterious.
“You know, you don’t HAVE to be an asshole” (8 September 2019)
Of course not. No one HAS to be an asshole.
It‘s just that, after so many people show up with their belligerent tones, their contentious moods, or their multitude of annoying questions, too many of us feel like we‘re being pressured to choose.
At that time, we choose to NOT be the toilet paper in the relationship.
“Class Clarity” (24 December 2019)
The only people more difficult to understand than tech geeks are everybody else.
“The Return of Carnac the Magnificent” (9 March 2020)
for Ed & Johnny, R.I.P. “Sim Salla Bim!”
The answer is: “One s’more with veal in,” and the question was:
“How do you order a graham cracker sandwich with a thin slice of baby calf in the middle, surrounded by chocolate and marshmallow?”
The answer is: “Na’m good,” and the question was:
“What did you think of your tour in Southeast Asia?”
“#[T] = #[S] + #[F]” (23 March, 2020)
“Do or not do. There is no try.”
TV or not TV? There are no electrons?
Yoda [and others] is a fool to deny the obvious evidence of dependent conditions. And he is clearly innumerate. In fact, there are lots of tries. Every success is preceded by a try, and every failure is preceded by a try. Therefore, the total number of tries in the universe must be equal to the sum of the number of successes plus the number of failures, and that figure is NOT zero (by lots!)
If there were no tries, there could be no do, nor any do not.
Maybe “fool” was a little generous.
“Now, Less than Ever” (20 July 2020)
“Adjusting” to retirement is hilarious. The way it looks so far is that once I hit the beautiful Six Six Six and tax victims start kicking in for my groceries and electricity, I will be getting a raise and a lot more time off. What’s to adjust? I hear the horror stories on the radio frequently (“If you’ve got two hundred k blowable, take a flier with one of our risky schemes!”) and I fail to get it. What’s to prepare? I’ll be getting a raise! With a lifetime average income of not quite 20k/year, it’s hard NOT to improve on it. Oh how oh how oh how will I ever “adjust” to working less for more money?
210121 — Collision versus Collusion
When my desires collided with reality, I experienced frustration.
When my expectations collided with reality, I experienced disappointment.
When disappointment colluded with frustration, I experienced marriage.