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Eleanor Rigby Learning to panic from things she sees on CNN. Lives in a dream See her commuting. Wearing a mask in the car when there’s nobody near. Who does she fear? I was taking a walk this morning and I saw a couple walking toward me. They had a
As I mentioned last week, it won’t be long before the company I work for attempts to make me use someone’s personal pronouns and preferred name. It’s not really a question of if. It’s a question of when. And I don’t really believe they’re going to grant me a medical
I think personal pronouns are ridiculous. In fact, I think they’re so ridiculous that I have a physical reaction every time I merely think about the idea. My blood pressure rises and so does my pulse rate. And, for someone like me who has heart issues, either or both of
From time to time I have thoughts I want to share that aren’t big enough to turn into an article or podcast. So, I bunch them together into what I call, “PonkaBlog Shorts”. Here are two: Sudden Death There are a couple resources I think you should take a look
I’ve had a number of people ask me how I felt after learning that our son is a dysphoric man. That’s a good question. My wife asked me the other day, “what’s worse than a slap in the face?” I quickly replied with, “a punch in the nose”. But I
In the last six weeks, I’ve probably thought about the “gender issue” more than anyone else on the planet. I still can’t make any sense out of it. I want to start out by saying that there are people born with physical birth defects who may have both male and
This is part 2. If you haven’t listened to or read part 1, I strongly recommend you do that first. The first time I noticed something might be up was when my son texted me about changing phone plans. He’d been on our family plan forever and once he got