The 2023 Thanksgiving Holiday began with a complete reset of our server. It has taken me most of the week to restore the posts that…
Posts tagged as “social media”
No, Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Give Everyone $1 Million
Poor math skills lead to popular social media memes. “Jeff Bezos could give each American $1 million and still have money left over.” That’s not…
The Value of Trees, Beyond Silly Memes
A popular meme on social media declares: Under capitalism, a tree holds no value until it is cut down. That’s a bit silly since natural…
The Groundhog Day Presidency
I was away from the new for days and even weeks at a time this summer. I didn’t miss much. When I did see a television tuned…
Breaking up is… Wrong to Do
Elizabeth Warren promotes the theory that we’d all be better off if the “FAANG” companies (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) were broken up in…
Supremely Pointless Confirmation Hearings
The Senate offers a Supreme Court nominations table, which reveals that throughout most of the history of the United States justices were nominated and confirmed…
Value of Vacations
I’m not a fan of the European summer vacation, with everyone trying to take the same time away from work. I had to deal with…
Your Meme Won’t Change Me (or anyone else)
This post originated on Rogue Rhetorician, yet aligns with many of the comments and emails I receive to Almost Classical. Name calling is the Internet…
Exhausted by the Panic
By the end of 2017, I’ll care much less about all things political. I’m already finding the constant calls to “do something” exhausting. Sorry, but…
Pain, Elections, Social Media, and The Blahs
By November 7, 2016, a swollen spinal cord was making it nearly impossible for me to sit, walk, drive, or even rest. The next morning,…