Category Archives: Miscellany
My Views on Views
It wouldn’t take much investigation of this blog or my online presence in general to determine my overall political and social leanings. I neither keep my views a secret, nor maintain a specific platform for exploring my political views in depth. I say things about issues when I feel moved to do so, but not …
Why “Fangasm” Makes Me Angry. (And I’ve Never Seen It.)
A friend of mine recommended I watch a new show called “Fangasm“. I hadn’t heard of it before, but when I asked what it was, I got turned off pretty quickly. So much so that my friend felt I was being judgmental, and sort of apologized for even making the suggestion. She requested that we …
Behold!
Behold! Behold what, exactly? At the moment, my written thoughts on the word “behold”. Not that my writings are so profound that they are something to truly “behold” in the strictest sense. But that is exactly my point. The vast majority of our lives fail to live up to the uses of the word “behold”. …
Too Fond of “It”?
“It is well that war is so terrible. Otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” That quotation is attributed to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He is said to have made the statement in response to his observation of the battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War. (Brief history lesson; the Union got its …
Twitter Reboot
I don’t fail at Twitter like I fail at message boards. (See my last post.) I have however recently concluded that I need to overhaul my Twitter experience a bit. Let me say right up front that I am simply never going to be able to do with Twitter what a lot of “success coaches” …
Ty Unglebower 