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Questions from Quora: Got No Job

What should I do to make a living? I’m a male aged 27, got no job, and I have a kid. The kid stays with her mother and I stay at my parents’ home. How is it that you are 27 and you “got no” job? Do you mean you never have worked to supportContinue reading “Questions from Quora: Got No Job”

TMI Tuesday: August 9, 2022: Smartphones

Does your smartphone have a grip on you? In one hour, how often do you check your phone?a. I am glued to my phone. I check it every 1-2 minutes; it is satisfying.b. I check it 1-2 times per hour.c. I check my phone only when I get notifications, and I don’t get many.d. IContinue reading “TMI Tuesday: August 9, 2022: Smartphones”

Questions from Quora: Children’s Chores

If excessive homework is cutting too much into the time needed for children to complete chores, should concerned parents suggest to the teachers that less homework be set? I guess it depends on your priorities. For me, it would be allowing my children to get the best education possible. So I would back off onContinue reading “Questions from Quora: Children’s Chores”

Asian Magic

Appropriation vs Appreciation* “Appreciation is when someone seeks to understand and learn about another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and connect with others cross-culturally.” “Cultural appropriation takes place when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way.“ “Cultural appropriation is the socialContinue reading “Asian Magic”

Appreciation and Appropriation

In the 1960s, the TV show “Here Come the Brides” showed the Native Americans at the beginning of the city of Seattle as Plains Indians complete with teepees and feather headdresses. The tribe closest to the Seattle settlement at that time was the Duwamish. It’s too bad that the show’s writers didn’t bother to doContinue reading “Appreciation and Appropriation”

TMI Tuesday: July 5, 2022: RISK

1. What is the most ambitious work you’ve done in the past five years? If you said “thing” I would say moving across the state. But “work”? I haven’t worked in 20 years. I could say writing several books that are still unfinished, writing my blog, or researching my family history, but all of thoseContinue reading “TMI Tuesday: July 5, 2022: RISK”

Questions from Quora: Advice

What advice would you give to a 14 year old? Learn as much about everything as you can, even if it’s not taught at school, church, and at home. Read. Read. Read. Read books on all topics. Read newspapers, magazines, webpages, blogs. Try to keep an open mind about everything you read. Reflect on whatContinue reading “Questions from Quora: Advice”

Black Friday

I don’t know if this will do any good, but if you are like me, you feel angry, frustrated, and helpless. I am unable to march, but I’ve written letters and emails, signed petitions, donated money. I know it’s not enough. The Republicans, Christians, and Supreme Court have opened a nasty can of worms thatContinue reading “Black Friday”

TMI Tuesday – June 28, 2022: Good and Bad

1. Tell us 10 things that scare you. falling someone breaking in Christian republican fascism everyday people losing their rights to selfish theology rejection calling someone by the wrong name losing my memories getting my eyes checked confrontation being touched without my consent, shaking hands, hugging 2. When it comes to sex, which of theContinue reading “TMI Tuesday – June 28, 2022: Good and Bad”

Book Review: The Last Girl

In April of 2016, I started reading “The Last Girl” by Joe Hart https://amzn.to/31j4dUU . In September of that year, I read the sequel, “The Final Trade” https://amzn.to/2RMTnU5. I knew there would be a bit of a wait for the third installment and just now discovered it was out, “The First City” https://amzn.to/2RGON9A, which I just downloaded to myContinue reading “Book Review: The Last Girl”