Writing Poop Emojis: Law and Confusion 10 Apr 20235 May 2023 As the Who 💩 in the Park guy, I have opinions on the "smiling poop" emoji. Any emoji aficionado would know that there are a lot of ways to interpret…
Education… Amateur lawmakers still don’t understand what science is 6 Feb 202310 Nov 2025 Montana's State Senate Education Committee is considering a bill that's not only written by people who don't know what a scientific theory is, but want to redefine the word. SB…
Education Of College Degrees and Teaching Credentials 7 Dec 20225 May 2023 When I started college at De Anza in 1976, I was convinced that my future was entirely centered around software engineering. Since I'd been working—and playing—with computers for years, I…
Publishing Designing your own book cover: Artwork 7 Nov 202231 Jan 2023 Designing your own book cover is deeply satisfying, but also fraught with peril. Securing rights Securing the rights to your cover photos seems like obvious advice, but even the big…
Writing Copyedit or Copy Edit? 13 Apr 20221 Feb 2026 Oh, the strange dilemmas we encounter when writing a resume! I'm looking for some new freelance work at the moment, and I keep getting dragged off into different rabbit holes…
Random Stuff A B.P.O. Elks Update From a Former Officer & Member 15 Mar 20226 Apr 2023 This is a follow-up to The Benevolent and Protective Order of (non-atheist) Elks, which I wrote in 2011. I never thought that ten years later, it would still be one…
Science & Technology Don’t get cloned on Facebook 7 Feb 20215 May 2023 We've all been seeing a rash of Facebook account cloning. You see it when you get a friend request from someone that you've already friended. If you have a lot…
Random Stuff A Red Lodge Night Before Christmas 25 Dec 20207 Jan 2022 My wife and I have a Christmas tradition. Every year for Christmas Eve we go down to the local radio station (FM99.3 the Mountain) and record Night Before Christmas. We started…
Random Stuff The Modern Tabletop Game Renaissance 29 Oct 20205 May 2023 Note: This post was originally written in 2017. As of 2020, game nights at the tea & game shop have been off-and-on depending on the current state of the pandemic.…
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