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Category Archives: Just thinking out loud
Open letter to the teen who nearly died yesterday in Englewood
4 CommentsDear teen driving the car on Walnut Street; You nearly died yesterday because you were impatient and you thought you were owed the right-of-way making a left turn onto National Road. From page 36 of the Ohio Digest of Motor … Continue reading
I apologize, Governor Kasich
Leave a commentDear Hon. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio; I apologize for my sight-sightedness with respect to my opposition to your state education budget cuts and SB5, which sought to limit bargaining rights for teachers. Clearly these were bills designed to give … Continue reading
The naked truth about health insurance
2 CommentsThe Supreme Court of the United States of America just listened to three days of argument as to whether or not the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) is Constitutional. Central to the twenty-six States’ argument is that the Federal government … Continue reading
Fannie and her big blue car
14 CommentsWe had just moved into the big house on Van Buren Ave. in St. Paul in 1968. There were only four of us kids then, my two younger sisters were still babies. My mom didn’t know anyone in the neighborhood … Continue reading
The black and white Girl Scout cookie
Leave a commentAm I the first to discover this little secret? Take one Girl Scout Trefoil and one ThinMint. Put them back to back and they make the perfect taste combination. Did you know the Girl Scouts have a cookie-finder app? Me … Continue reading
The agony and ecstasy of Mike Daisey
Leave a commentOn Friday, This American Life retracted the story “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” because it contains fabrications. The press release is here. I think This American Life should keep the episode available as part of its official history of … Continue reading
Obligatory 2012 SXSW post
Leave a commentSXSW Interactive starts tomorrow and I feel like I should be putting up a post on the topic, even though I’m not going. As I watch my twitter stream on the topic, it occurs to me that the experience is … Continue reading