10/22/09 From an undisclosed location in the southern tropics, I received the following communication, most likely composed on an ancient PC encrusted with fish entrails: How do you argue with this kind of person? I feel like she just wants to … [Continue reading]
Some Cutting Remarks
3/25/15 From an undisclosed location in the northern tropics, I received this message, most likely typed on an iPad encrusted with fish entrails: What do you think of this essay? I'm curious of your opinion. My correspondent included a … [Continue reading]
The War Against Errors
9/15/05 On a hot, humid July day, I discovered the park squeezed in between Washington Street and the IUPUI campus near downtown Indianapolis. I had driven down University Boulevard hundreds of times without trying to find out where those joggers … [Continue reading]
The Crowd Is Always Wrong
I would not endorse participation in a mass protest because it is pointless. As a political act, it communicates the fact that the government is not literally in control of each person, which is comforting to some people who are compliant and … [Continue reading]
Random Signals
Nowadays, it's kind of ordinary to be able to immediately read, hear, or watch some communication from anywhere in the world. Back in the mid-twentieth century, the easiest way to get foreign news was to listen to shortwave radio. While living in … [Continue reading]
Outside the Box
As long as you restrict your reading to the same echo-chamber garbage day after day, you will always be a very small, very sorry person. I learned this early on when I realized that even though I could spell better than most people, I could also … [Continue reading]