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Month: January 2021

Total 26 Posts

Philosophical Racism

Apparently, the unofficial slogan in Ventura County California is “We’re not the San Fernando Valley”.  It can’t be widely known because I’ve lived here for over 10 years and have never heard of it before today.  I also learned today that somehow the unofficial slogan is racist. It seems that

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Hard Scrabble

I used to play Scrabble with my mom.  We lived in different states so we played together online.  Over the years we played dozens of games against each other.  And it was hard.  I lost nearly every time.  Either my mom was pretty good at playing Scrabble or she cheated. 

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un-American

I travelled to Montreal once.  Well, several times actually.  It’s a nice city.  But, I always found being there to be a bit unsettling.  There’s something slightly off about it.  It’s like being in an American city, but not quite.  The street signs don’t look like they should, some of

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Heir Conditioning

If you want to slowly change your environment, you use air conditioning.  But what if you wanted to slowly change an entire country? Yesterday, I was in the parking lot of our local range, waiting for it to open.  A guy about my age came up and started talking with

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