Author: Jim

Screen Blind

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I remember thinking, when I first joined Twitter (X) some years back, about how much personal information people post about their personal lives. Not just themselves, but their families – including their children – to the degree I got to know some of these people, that I’d never met and still haven’t, more than my own. family. That was very strange to me t the time and after all of these years, it still seems that way to me today. Why would anyone want to post their most intimate details of their lives to thousands (millions?) of complete strangers?

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A Post About Nothing

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I’m happy to see the reemergence of the English language. What? You say. The English language disappeared? When did that happen and how is it I am still speaking colloquial english? What I’m referring to are the people that decided, a minority by the way, that some words just may not be used in polite society. But some of these words have been used for decades, if not longer, without anyone in particular being damaged by the word itself.

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Death and Celebrity

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So, Dolly Parton, a legendary Country and Western entertainer, died today. Although I wasn’t much of fan of C&W music, I grew up with her as my parents definitely were C&W fans. Yes, I remember the Porter Waggoner Show in the 1960’s and Dolly’s regular appearances. In fact. she may have been my first infatuation as a teenager. I really didn’t follow her career but still it’s sad to see someone of that kind of iconic (is it okay to say that?) stature, gone. It really brings home, at least to me, that we’re all gere on a temporary basis, some more temporary than others, but all the same at some point.

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Remove the “De” and the Title is Correct

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When 10 men tell you you‘re drunk, it’s time to lay down. That seems to be the consensus about the so-called debate between Andrew Wilson and Candace Owens concerning the death of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point, an organization to inform young people about politics and moral and ethical values. Since Mr. Kirks untimely death, there have been a number of people questioning the official account, the most prolific and most widely viewed over the Internet being Candace Owens. Andrew Wilson, a self proclaimed Master Debater, challenged Ms. Owens to a debate to prove, once and for all, the state of Utahs evidence against the accused killer versus her thoughts and opinions about said evidence. The outcome was surprising to some, but not to most.

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Social Media Doesn’t Belong in the Office

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I’m always amazed by people whose entire existence seems to be conditioned on their popularity in social media. It’s true. You know who I am talking about.Just look around you workplace right now (if you work indoors, of course) and count the number of people that have some social media tab (or two) open on their browser but claim they’re just skimming the page noe nf gsin when actuslly, their work sits while they are engaged in something on X, Facebook, even TikTok. Some companies have even resorted to blocking their employees using social media on company time, on the company’s network.

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