The Internet is a Kennel

By now, many others have weighed in on a very recent online spat, so I won't go into particulars. [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o113.mp3|titles=Listen to The Internet is a Kennel] Person A, who is very well known, made … [Continue reading]

Political Vegetable

{{myquote|Modern politics is an endless onion. You can peel back layers as long as you want, and everything you find smells bad and makes you cry.}} … [Continue reading]

Tastes Great, Less Filling

{{myquote|Socialism is easy to like on full stomachs, but isn't so good at filling them.}} … [Continue reading]

A Cupful of Wisdom

[audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o112.mp3] Soccer is the most boring thing to watch on television. - America The cynics are having a field day with the World Cup final, calling Spain's last-minute-of-overtime 1-0 victory … [Continue reading]

Driven to Distraction

The following post may make me extremely unpopular, but someone has to say it: Keep your laws off my cell phone. Texting While Driving Several states and municipalities have instituted their driving-and-cell-phone laws, and are smugly sure they … [Continue reading]

Running with Scissors

There's a business I wanted to help out once. For a long time, I thought they didn't want my help; turns out, I didn't know how to help them. It's a salon called "Hair Techniques," and it's just off the food court in the building a block away from … [Continue reading]

Own Your Mistakes to be Re-Markable

I was doing a storytelling presentation recently at a local elementary school, for its "Communication Celebration." Instead of bringing in a PowerPoint, or showing them a bunch of web work, I decided to do a 30-minute workshop on what makes stories … [Continue reading]