Category: rant

Politics, rant

The Right has Always Hated Science

Conservatives hate science. They always have. They loathe the vast army of scientists and researchers who are sounding the alarm bells about climate change. Corporations are responsible for that propaganda, because they would rather make as much profit as possible, even at the cost of destroying the planet. Evangelists hate the theory of evolution and …

Mental Health, rant, Social Media

Enough with the Introvert Humor – Pandemics and Mental Health

I got to know a young woman in a German conversation group that I used to run, a German woman who had moved to the United States with her German husband. I asked her “Why don’t you bring your husband by sometime? We could always use more native Germans here.” She tilted her head around …

rant, WhatTheHeck

33 Hours of Pinball – Yes, Really!

Because of the Covcid-19 lockdown this event was postponed. Still intend to do it this year when things calm down. (Knocks on wood.) This upcoming April I am going to attempt something crazy, possibly insane, and perhaps highly questionable: I am going to attempt to break the World Record for the longest time playing pinball. …