No, your city is not the center of the universe just because you think so
Today I read a humor column that presented the most shrewd, wise, and well-written (and, of course, humorous) opinion on a subject that has been bothering me lately. The problem I speak of is arrogance regarding one’s superiority based on location.
superiority
Politics. It’s a horrible beast. Intriguing, yet so divisive. It seems that, in most people, political opinion causes tunnel vision. Lately, I have been bombarded with strong political opinions. And I’m not just talking the news — blogs, namely. However, it is not the strong opinions that bother me. [...]
The Bill Stone series
The themes are similar, the arguments the same — here’s another installment in the Bill Stone series. As always, this letter originally appeared in The Rapid City Journal.
Lived too long
You know you’ve lived too long when:
The queers are getting married, the straights are shacking up, and neither want any children.
The queers can marry in [...]
Hi, it’s me Marilyn
As I was perusing the Parade last weekend, I was surprised at some of the letters as well as the somewhat inadequate answers in the ‘Ask Marilyn’ column.
Apparently today is lambast Mr. Stone day
I’ll admit that perhaps I’m picking on Mr. Stone. And, really, it’s in quite a cowardly way. If I had any chutzpah at all, I would actually write a reply to The Rapid City Journal. Regardless, it does ease my mind to vent my irritation. The US steel industry is a [...]
Bill Stone, international man of ignorance
This is not the first time the Stone man, with his infinite ignorance, has made it into an entry of my humble weblog. I think the letter alone speaks for itself.
Eskimo health care
Following the World War II baby boom, Americans made a seismic cultural shift, substituting possessions for children, resulting in an aging population [...]
exhausting
Why is it that people can take something seemingly simple and spin it completely out of control? Take this entry written as a critique of misbehaving.net. Why is it that something cannot just “be” without being over interpreted, without too much reading between the lines, or without people looking for something to get [...]
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