Tag Archives: culture
Worth the Candle
This is an old saying. Like, pre-electricity old. So, some cobbled together linguistic history. (DISCLAIMER: I am not a credentialed historian, of, well anything really. I’m a hobbyist with access to the internet and very interesting friends.) So, before the … Continue reading
Still Alive?
Yeah, pretty sure that’s the case. So, a quick look tells me the last time I posted here was August 6th, 2020. Some things have happened since then. No doubt in your life as well, but let’s not forget we’re … Continue reading
Making Your Way in Uncharted Territory…
So, I was watching one of the people I follow on YouTube. It was the first time they’d posted in a while. I dig their content, so I was curious about the absence. By luck, it happens that this very … Continue reading
Putting the Civil Back in Civilization: Argumentation for the Very Busy (part II)
Everything on Earth with substance has a form. A pattern of arrangement by which we recognize it as an individual entity – a thing unto itself. Argument is no exception. (If, at this point in time you haven’t read the … Continue reading
Putting the Civil Back in Civilization: Argument: an Introduction
In recent years, hasn’t it just felt like people don’t know how to talk to each other about controversial topics anymore? Seems like there’s no end of online screeds, rants, polemics, fights, and the occasional incitement to riot. It’s one … Continue reading
The Off-Kilter Eye
It’s funny, read enough blogs about how to create a successful blog and you come across the same advice, over and over again: “Be an expert at something, and talk about that thing.” This is the latest version of, “You … Continue reading
Thinking About Standards
It’s Monday again. So let’s start the week with something that pisses me off: When someone tells you some way you should be, but leaves out the part about how to be that way. What I’m talking about, to be … Continue reading
Safety (Pin) Concerns
The other day, on Twitter, I was accused of trolling an individual – who I’m not going to name here. Now, I will admit to taking the piss out of people from time to time; mainly just my friends. But … Continue reading
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