Category: Thoughts
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Is AI Killing Art?
The problem for artists isn’t DALL-E3 itself, but the people who choose to wield it.
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The Case Against Student Debt
The solution to student debt is not to cancel it every few years, but to find a way to avoid falling into that trap in the first place.
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The Time to Ban Assault Weapons is Overdue
There’s a tired argument that if we ban assault weapons, only bad people will have them. I don’t buy it.
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57 Channels and Nothin’ On
We switched ‘round and ‘round ‘til half past dawn There’s 57 channels and nothin’ on
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Acceptance at WordCamp US
I wish that the greater society could follow the model of WordCamp US, where people see each other as the individuals they are but treat them with respect no matter what their personal beliefs may be.
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Who Defines Success?
“Sad.” That’s the response I got from a friend after I announced we were closing our custom screen printing business in February 2023. We had been in business for a little over ten years. For a two-person operation, we had a nice chunk of the apparel printing market in Southern California for many years. In…
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The Cure for Homelessness
“Dive bomb!” A person on the Metro red line had been tossing plastic baggies of puzzle pieces at people’s feet on the train. Once, as the doors opened, she waited until they were just about to close, yelled “Dive Bomb!” and tossed a puzzle piece baggie at a passerby on the platform. This was our…
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Eating for Pleasure
It’s 6:00 PM on a Saturday and I’m dusting mushrooms. No, that’s not a euphemism; I am literally dusting mushrooms with an unused shaving brush. You may not have realized it (I didn’t), but there is a hefty amount of dirt on those mushrooms we all buy at the grocery store, sealed in shrink wrap…
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Figuring It Out
I haven’t typically shared deeply personal things on this blog. Sure, I offer goofy quips about myself and my family on my About page, and most of my posts have a personal slant to them. But I haven’t gotten truly personal. I think that’s going to change. I mean, no, I’m not going to give…
