There’s something about me that most people don’t know. I hate palm trees. OK, I guess I don’t hate them. It’s more like they give me the willies. I didn’t see one in real life until I was in my mid-twenties but even before then, there was something about them
If I were born in the fourteenth century, I’d have died a long time ago. Wait, that didn’t come out right. Let me rephrase. If I had lived in the fourteenth century, I wouldn’t have lived as long as I have. Ah. Much better. You see, I have really poor
I’m sure everyone has been hit up by various organizations asking for your political opinion. The ones I hate are the ones that ask a question like: “How good of a job do you think the governor is doing?”. Then, they only allow you to choose from one of the
This was a huge week. If you only listen to mainstream media, Twitter and Facebook, you might not realize it. But it was. The United Kingdom, France and Ireland all announced this week that they’ll drop most, if not all, of their COVID restrictions and mandates. It’s about time that
Last summer, my friend, who happens to be black… Hang on, I forget, is the color of a person’s skin not supposed to matter at all, or is it the only thing that matters? I can’t remember which it is these days. I get so confused. Anyway, my African-American friend…well,
About a month ago, the headlines on the mainstream media read “Supreme Court rejects bid to block COVID vaccine mandate for NY Health Workers”. Even for the MSM, this was big news. The headline was everywhere. And it was misleading. One of the ways a case can make it to
I went back to college in my late 30’s. By then, I had learned the trick of working smarter rather than harder. One time, I had to write a paper for my Economics class. Since I didn’t really care for the class, I decided to take a shortcut. In other
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! The phrase “pick your poison” has a couple different meanings. It can refer to making a choice between two or more unpleasant options. When you “pick your poison”, you’re choosing which bad thing you’d prefer to happen. It’s also
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! This year, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and the rest of the platforms have made a practice of filtering messages with a Conservative point of view. Even when those messages are completely accurate. Inevitably, people start bitching and moaning about “censorship”
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