Tag Archives: Anger and Rants

2017: Year of the American Nazis

I don’t have anything eloquent or insightful to say on the subject, but I feel that I should say this: to hell with the white-supremacist Nazi subculture that is thriving in my country today, and to hell with anyone who … Continue reading

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The Buffalo News to Science: DROP DEAD

One of my favorite parts of the Sunday Buffalo News, for years, was its Science page. This page appeared on the back of the Viewpoints section, and featured the paper’s only real science coverage: articles on the latest findings from … Continue reading

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The Saxhole of Chestnut Ridge

Every Sunday I take the dee-oh-gee on a nature walk. We go to a local park, usually one of our local county or state parks; our most common destinations are Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora and Chestnut Ridge … Continue reading

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Being Positive, and all that rot

A friend posted this image on Facebook yesterday, prompting several interesting responses, mainly from folks who disagree with this notion. “Life isn’t a test,” the refrain goes, which naturally leads to the suggestion that it’s all a matter not of … Continue reading

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Hey Apple?

So you’re using the old phys-ed tune “Chicken Fat” for your commercials now, huh? Well, as the fat kid who had to endure (a) an asshole gym teacher in grade school who liked using that tune for calisthenics background music … Continue reading

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On whining about other people’s content

I’ve been thinking about this post by SamuraiFrog the other day: Yesterday was Illinois’ first big snowfall of the season. The one that always seems to come out of nowhere and take everyone by surprise, because at first it’s just … Continue reading

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Ummm, Google?

WTF??!!

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Random Thoughts on ‘Manbabies’

I was going to post about this last week, after local blogger (and, in general, a voice I respect) Christopher M. Smith did a podcast in which he crankily outlined all the ways he thinks US society is unserious and … Continue reading

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Convening the Department of Random Complaints, Grievances, and Pithy Observations

Time to get some stuff off my chest! :: If you are standing somewhere, talking to another person or a small group of persons, please look around. If you are standing within ten feet of an entrance to the place … Continue reading

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Shut up, Joe. Just SHUT UP.

Warning: rant ahead! My God, would someone in Joe Paterno’s family just step up and shuffle the old fool off to a nursing home so he can babble at the walls or something? Doddering Old Joe has just come out … Continue reading

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