Car Buying Frustrations
I know that most car salesmen are slimy and tricky and generally not to be trusted, but it’s still hard for me when I’m putting down tens of thousan...
Tag: rants
A brain dump about dollars and cents…
Corporations can be a good thing, but usually they only operate in their own self-interests … which I suppose is a lot like people, but we should be striv...
Gun Violence Overload
My brain is completely fried from everything surrounding this week’s mass shooting at a high school in South Florida. Yesterday I wrote an essay about my ...
Entertainment vs Politics
I’ve never quite understood the arrogance with which some people cite that celebrities should stay out of politics. Politics affects all of us whether we&...
movie thoughts … Transformers: The Last Knight
I remember a time when I actually liked the Transformers movies. The first one (2007) wasn’t bad – a good, solid action flick with plenty of humor t...
On Nazis and Free Speech…
So today’s humor column ended up being about Nazis. I’ve been really flaky with my writing lately for a number of reasons, and the insanity of white...
Minimum Wage vs Service Industry Mistakes
Today I picked up a few donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts through the drive-thru, and they messed up my order. Even after correcting it at the window, there was ...
Digital Frustrations
So I got this message saying that the YouTube app won’t work on the TV in our bedroom after the end of this month, and in a way it’s kind of frustra...
Gay Pride Isn’t About Straight People. At All.
I really liked this image I found on Facebook earlier today defining Gay Pride vs. Straight Pride because I’m sad to admit that I’ve had the “...
I’m tired of trying to explain racism to people…
I get that it’s challenging to understand how marginalized a group of people is if you’ve never felt that way yourself, but sometimes I feel like so...