Can You Complain When Something is Free?
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Internet. I helped found a website called the Reader Appreciation Project. Seeing that the site was really young, I wanted to build links to the site as...
View ArticleViva Free Internet
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Internet. Internet has evolved quite a lot since 1969 when ARPANET first launched it. Thanks to Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of HTTP in 1989 we got the...
View ArticleStereotyping Serves No Purpose But to Hurt
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Stereotypes. We are one race, one people. Even with the colors of our skin, the boundaries of our countries, the languages that we speak, we are one. Yet...
View ArticleAll In Favor of Being Stereotyped, Please Raise Your Hand
This entry was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Stereotypes. Not many people like being stereotyped, myself included. Stereotypes put you in a box with a label on it. Once you’ve been stereotyped, you...
View ArticleNot So Beautiful Stereotype On Physical Attractiveness
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Stereotypes. Quoting Wikipedia: “The physical attractiveness stereotype is a term that psychologists use to refer to the tendency to assume that people...
View ArticleMen With Long Hair
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Stereotypes. One evening in late July 2006, my brother and sister went on a cutting spree. That was the day I cut my long hair after growing it out for...
View ArticlePlease Stereotype Me In 5 Ways!
This post was written as part of Peeve Week 2: Stereotypes. “So, are you a student?” I get asked when I go to a mechanic wearing a winter cap. “So, do you work?” I get asked at the bank when I may...
View Article500 Words – When One Should Pray, and When One Should Work
Could you imagine a college professor looking at his watch, telling the class to take a ten minute break, then rolling out a mat and praying? What about a first responder who interrupts a rescue...
View ArticleObama is an Idiot – Afghanistan and the Nobel Peace Prize
One of the perks of no longer working for the U.S. Army is that I can talk about my former boss — yes, that means you Obama. I’m starting a new series on this site called “Obama is an Idiot”. I have no...
View ArticleThe Recent Terrorist Attack
Posted by Tom Hargrave I’ve been following the recent terrorist attack and the slow, lethargic response our Government has given really has me scared. Here are some points I want to make. The President...
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