Author Archive: tyunglebower
Can I Avoid Being a Sycophant on Twitter?
One of my Twitter lists is called “Tolerable Famous People.” It’s a short list. Yes, that sounds like you give when presenting at the Oscars. But the impression you probably get from this is partially true; celebrities these days tend to be less tolerable to me than they were in the past. I have standards …
A Sluggish/Not So Sluggish Writing Start to 2014
Hard to believe that the second month of 2014 is nearly done. (Even though it is the shortest month of the year.) At the end of last year, I set a series of writing goals for 2014, and I noticed that in some ways I’m doing well and in others I am not doing as …
Open Letter to a Quiet Hypocrite
For the purposes of this open letter, the subject will be referred to as “Poffenbarger.” -T.U. Dear Poffenbarger, I would have used your first name so as to at last be on equal footing with you. Yet I don’t want to seem as though I’m familiar or comfortable with you, even now. In fact, you don’t even …
It’s a Business. Every…Single…Time
A much beloved ball player goes to play for his city’s arch rival without the slightest bit of regret. From him we hear, “hey, sports is a business.” A highly intelligent, groundbreaking television show with a vehemently loyal fan base that happens to be the wrong age and thus isn’t profitable overnight is cancelled after …
Ty Unglebower 