Category Archives: Random Musings

How your Facebook trending sausage gets made?

I often look at the “Trending” section of my Facebook page and wonder what people are smoking. But I understand that what is trending is not always (okay, ever) going to be what’s important to me. At least “top shares” … Continue reading

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America, you need a hug!

…or a time-out. I’m not sure which. Social media seems alive with anger, frustration and despair. It’s like the day after the last two or three presidential elections, only without the cheering from the other side. No one is happy … Continue reading

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Wicked physics

I had no idea Physics Girl could sing! And she joins with Malinda Kathleen Reese! And since it’s Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you, etc.), there’s this Star Wars medley mixed with science parody: And this…is just … Continue reading

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Life as a County Delegate, Part Two

I just realized I never posted a follow-up to my gripping, compelling series on my experiences with the Utah caucus system, and I know from the sheer volume of emails that you’re all just dying to read it. So for … Continue reading

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Fun with Google Translate

I stole this idea from Malinda Kathleen Reese, a Youtube celebrity who takes Google translations of songs and then videos her own cover using those odd translations. Following her suggestions, I took a verse from a well-known song of my era, … Continue reading

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Mean tweets

In an interesting, painful video, two female sports reporters get to pull a selection of nasty online comments directed at them and have them read to them by regular guys who did not write them in a Jimmy Kimmel-style “mean … Continue reading

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Odd dreams

Last night I dreamt that there were entire sections of our house I’d never noticed before–and that other people were living in them and paying rent to the previous owner. That other people were living in our house or that … Continue reading

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One of baseball’s greatest plays

“If that’s all you’re known for, that’s not a bad thing at all.” My hat is off to this gentleman. Respect and patriotism are not in vogue any more, but I can’t help but think we’d be in better shape … Continue reading

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Marriage advice from the Holdernesses

We’ve probably all seen the Holderness family’s videos at one time or another. Whether you find them corny, campy, funny, or meh, it at least seems like they’ve got a good family dynamic going on. And while we can expect … Continue reading

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Punish or perish?

An interesting article over at Vox.com explores just why we can be so mean online. “If a source of our moral outrage is a desire to advertise our own goodness, then that helps us understand why oftentimes our moral outrage … Continue reading

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