What do you complain about the most? In Ancient Greece, hypokrites meant actor. So I would never mind that reference, but I would detest if anyone called me a hypocrite, because that is the sin/wrong/transgression I rail against the most. There is a great range of hypocrisy. A person says, “I’m a vegetarian but IContinue reading “Hypokrites! How’s the Wife and Kids?”
Tag Archives: politics
Life Is An Atom
What are your biggest challenges? Now I could have started in ChatGPT and said, “Give me a metaphor for the challenges I’ll face in 2024,” but I already came up with that (in the shower, of course). I feel that I need to approach life in the new year thinking about the structure of anContinue reading “Life Is An Atom”
Teapot in a Tempest
How have your political views changed over time? 2024 has all the promise of being a politically tumultuous year. And I can’t say I’m looking forward to that. Just a few years ago, I’d cast my vote and feel pride in having performed my civic duty and participating in the democratic process. Now I feelContinue reading “Teapot in a Tempest”
The Scammer’s Handbook
Wouldn’t you like to get a glimpse of The Scammer’s Handbook? Well, now you can! All you need to do is look at any scam/spam email and you see a part of what they must circulate (I imagine a 3” 3-ring binder) in order to try to entrap their victims. The amazing part for meContinue reading “The Scammer’s Handbook”
Hardening of the Attitudes
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? My title for this post comes from some wordplay that I created when I was a much younger man. Reflecting on the comment I heard from older adults, I thought that their increasingly negative attitudes towards others could turn out to be as deadlyContinue reading “Hardening of the Attitudes”
Social Media: Boon or Bane?
My friend Jason suggested the following blog prompt: Is social media beneficial or destructive in it’s current permutations? Both? How so? I have a feeling he’ll be replying to this as well, with some strong feelings, and here’s my take on that question before we get his. Over the past decade we’ve seen an amazinglyContinue reading “Social Media: Boon or Bane?”
No Place Like Home?
What do you love about where you live? Recently I was renewing my clearances—those hoops we need to jump through in Pennsylvania after the antics of Sandusky, Paterno, et al at Penn State made everyone who works with children a pedophile until proven innocent. One of the requirements on the forms is to list allContinue reading “No Place Like Home?”
OMG! Awesome!
What is a word you feel that too many people use? Here’s a prompt that, as soon as I read it, I said the word that I feel too many people use. But—it’s not in the title of this post. The first time I heard someone say “O-M-G!” I was stunned. Sure, you might sendContinue reading “OMG! Awesome!”
Your Name is Hypokrites!
What bothers you and why? “What bothers you and why?” suggests an incredibly long blog response. So many things! From that fly buzzing around me on a warm summer day (the one I mentioned to my Intro to Theatre students, that would set me off to help me understand the anger of a killer!!) toContinue reading “Your Name is Hypokrites!”
Disagree
What public figure do you disagree with the most? If I wrote a certain name here, in answer to this prompt, I would probably create a storm of attacks and criticism. So, rather than talk about a current figure I disagree with the most, I’m going to go slightly historical. Ross Perot was a businessmanContinue reading “Disagree”
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