Marie Kondo has helped me Spark Joy
A dear friend lent me Marie Kondo's "the life changing magic of tidying up" last year, and I had it sitting around for months until the last few days of the ...
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The police and military aren’t here to protect you
I read today that the US Federal Court has ruled that the police have no duty to protect you. This is not intuitive to most citizens who feel their tax dolla...
A few more Facebook groups and pages
If you're still on Facebook, the first thing to keep in mind is that anything you write there -- including every profile you click on, every keystroke you ty...
Time to retire your old American tech company email service
Still using gmail, hotmail, or yahoo email? Ready to start focusing a little more on your personal privacy? Last year I wrote about the two most popular alte...
Merry Xmas
For years, I've said Merry Xmas, to the ire of many Christians in my life. This year, I present: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas which explains how Χριστό...