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So last Thursday, after the horrific school shooting in Winder, Georgia that wounded four people, wounded a dozen more, and traumatized everyone in the area, we found out more about the shooter. We found out that he had received an AR-15 as a Christmas gift from his father, and that he developed a total hatred…

We live in a world where many of the products we use for convenience and food safety – everything from potato chip bags to shampoo bottles – are, surprisingly, not recyclable through normal means. Potato chip bags, for example, are actually made from a combination of aluminum and plastics, and separating those elements into recyclable…

True story. Many, many years ago, I did some freelance work for a minor league sports website called MinorLeagueNews.com. There was lots of promise of payment for my work, and all that “talk” amounted to nothing in my pocket. Apparently they also violated a few rules regarding reprinting photographs on their website without compensation or…

On Wednesday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gave an incredible speech at the Democratic National Convention. And in that speech, you could see shots of his family – his wife Gwen, his daughter Hope, and his son Gus. Gus Walz has some special challenges in his life. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as…

It’s Saturday night, and I’m feeling a bit peckish. And thirsty. I can solve this with a quick trip to the Speedway gas station nearby. Get a couple of cold diet sodas, maybe some chips, and I’ll be fine. Speedway is currently running their summer “buy three cold drinks, get 10c off gasoline” promotion, and…

I really wish I didn’t have to write this blog post. Seriously. Last December, I blogged that former WRGB news anchor Heather Kovar – who was released from WRGB after a trainwreck broadcast where she appeared disoriented, disheveled, and countering the effects of something that can be measured in “proof” – had found a new…

Long-time readers of my blog know that I have no respect for MAGA chuds. From Donald Trump all the way down, my belief is that these knuckle-draggers are weird, they’re misguided, and they’re as shrill as fingernails on a chalkboard. I also have no respect for MAGA trolls who can’t keep their stories straight. Or…

One of the greatest comedians of my generation was the late George Carlin. And yes, I could quote his most famous routine, the “Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television,” but that’s not where I’m going here. Carlin had a comedy routine where he demonstrated how language can increase or decrease the impact of…

Let me start off by saying, in the annals of fairness, the rumor about Republican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance and furniture is false. Untrue. Never happened. See, at some point in time, somebody posted on social media that, in quoting several pages of Vance’s book Hilbilly Elegy, that Vance allegedly turned a latex glove inside…