What if I told you I wanted you to take all your valuables and put them in the least secure place you could find? Perhaps in the middle of your backyard. Take any cash you’ve got lying around, any watches, jewelry, iPhones and other electronics and put them in a
I was having lunch with a bunch of 30-something people I work with. After a couple of minutes, it occurred to me I have practically nothing in common with any of them. So, I mostly just sat, listened, and thought to myself, “been there, done that”. Which was a good
I was listening to an advertisement the other day. It started out, “If you’re overweight, it’s not your fault.” Umm. Yes it is. Unless someone is force feeding you cheesecake and fried chicken, it’s your fault. The ad continued to talk about slow metabolism and genetics and tried to convince
I got an email from Amazon the other day telling me about a book that they think I might want to read. The accolades for the book went something like this: “This is the number one best seller of any fourth book in a series written by this author!”. I
Governments everywhere have a bad habit of slapping a coat of paint on something and then pointing at it as some grand accomplishment. When, in reality, nothing changed. Take the homeless problem for example. A few years ago, there was a big deal made of some local government agency here
There have been more than a few people, me included, complaining about how Biden and his insane policies have driven up gas prices to record levels. The usual answer from people who have their heads up so far up their asses that they still support Biden goes something like, “Gasoline
It used to be that a story about an athlete dropping dead on the playing field was big news. Now it happens so often that it’s starting to become background noise. Think about it. Two years ago, we might hear one, maybe two stories a year about people dying while
A couple months ago, I was working on a project at my job. The goal was to identify potential system problems and send a message when something hinky was detected. I decided that when an issue was detected, I’d send a message that began with the words “System Notification” followed
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Now that Christmas is behind us, we can all start to recover from eating too much good food and listening to too much bad conversation. Hopefully you were able to bite your tongue and get through an afternoon with
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Years ago, I went to lunch with an attorney who worked at the same company I did. We were going to be driving by a Staples store on our way back to the office and had been asked to