Robin Williams and Depression as a Muse

This post is about comedy, but there won’t be anything funny about it. In truth, I’ve been looking for a way to share much of what I’m about to say for a long time now without knowing how. But today seems as appropriate as any. For those of you who don’t know, Robin Williams, the […]

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Daily Dose of Awesome

    This is just about the coolest space picture I’ve ever seen. Let me tell you why. What we’ve got here is a picture taken from inside the Saturn system by our intrepid space probe, Cassini. NASA launched this plucky little bugger back in 1997 when  every twelve-year-old girl in the country was losing […]

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I’ve seen Guardians of the Galaxy Before…

So let me get this straight. A cocky American male with a habit of shooting first, making 80’s pop culture references, and wearing AMAZING coats is ripped away from Earth to a remote part of the galaxy, where he accidently get swept up with a motley band of criminals who escape their confinement, including a muscle-bound warrior, a tiny wise-ass, a […]

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NASCAR Takes a New Turn

July 31, Talladega, AL In a surprise move sure to shake the nation’s largest spectator sport to its core, NASCAR officials announced today that all future races, including all Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series events, will be run in a clockwise direction, ensuring that stock cars will only turn to the right in the future. “It’s […]

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America’s Refugee Crisis

Throughout the world today, millions of people are being displaced by war, drought, famine, and political upheaval. And while the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are drawing the most media coverage, the truth is America too is in the midst of its own refugee crisis. Don’t be surprised. Odds are, you’ve been hearing about this crisis […]

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MH17 and the Dangers of a Captive Media

As we are all aware by now, last week a Malaysian Airlines 777 was shot down over contested territory in the Ukraine with 298 lives lost. The airliner was hit by an anti-aircraft missile, most likely fired by Russian-backed and supplied separatists. These rebels were not only in control of the territory in question at the time […]

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Hobby Lobby and Seriously, SCOTUS? WTF?

Oh, U.S. Supreme Court. You were doing so good for a while there. I felt like you were on a real hot-streak, what with that 9-0 ruling against Police searching our smart-phones without a warrant, or the 5-4 decision that it really is illegal to lie on federal firearm transfer paperwork. It was like an […]

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300 Likes! And a Free Story!

So my Facebook Page has crossed the line to 300 likes. As promised, I’ve uploaded a copy of the very first short story I ever wrote as a thank you. This one’s called “Dead Download,” and received an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future contest back in 2011. Read and enjoy! And when […]

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Bowe Bergdahl and the Price of American Values

Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve worked up a good rage-lather over transparent political calculation and hypocrisy, if only because my cynicism has matured to the point that I foolishly believed I’d seen everything. However, events over the last week have reminded me that as long as the universe keeps expanding, there will […]

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Donald Sterling and the End of Privacy

No matter where you fall on the Donald Sterling drama, his downfall should serve as an important reminder to everyone that the age of expecting privacy, for better or worse, is dead. It seems that nary a week goes by when some celebrity, athlete, business mogul, or politician doesn’t get caught in a controversy over an email, status update, tweet, or sext. […]

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