Covid-19 Fatigue
It has been nearly 4 weeks since my state went under “strict” social distancing in response to the global Covid-91 pandemic and I am sick of it. My pool is closed. I haven’t been able to swim daily for a month. Grocery stores still have shortages of meat, chicken and toilet paper. Retail business, offices…
Answers To All Your Pandemic Questions
The Covid 19 pandemic has shut down the US (and the world). It is the first time in my life that I have personally been affected by a pandemic. Until now, I never strongly considered things like quarantines, food supply shortages, enforced isolation, hospitals being overwhelmed, global economic shutdowns, societal panic and poorly thought out government responses. …
Making a Career Change After the Pandemic
The Government Will Not Protect You
Back At It – Part 2.
I’m blogging again because I’ve got something to say. In fact, I have a lot to say. I am also opening up all of my old posts.
Nonbeliever
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was in five years old. That winter, I asked my dad how Santa could come down our chimney since we didn’t have one. My dad explained that our chimney was inside the wall and that Santa would still come through the wall. That made no sense to me….
A Year And A Day
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Recently I read Jaron Lanier’s books “You Are Not a Gadget” and “Ten Argument For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now”. Some of what I read was eye opening regarding how social media and algorithms are used to manipulate behavior and drive “engagement”. Some was confirmation of my own pessimistic view that companies are…