Educational Documentary I saw this documentary about how messed up the school systems are, and as an example, they used this algebra teacher that was trying his hardest to get fired. If he got fired, he’d get his full salary and benefits but if he quit, he wouldn’t get squat. So he decided […]
Pay For Your Sins
Bake Sale I was out driving around and I came across a group of kids having a car wash. They said it was for a fund raiser for a local church. They gave me a flier while I was waiting, and they flier said they were having a bake sale the coming weekend. […]
Inoculation Against Demons
Economic Article I read an interesting article in an economic blog recently and it says that there is a sharp increase, or there has been a sharp increase in the number of exorcisms in the recent years. It had a couple of explanations as to why this is. The most common explanation is that […]
Orphaned Hungry Rats
House Party Hookup A couple of weeks ago I was in this location and I was leaving and I saw a friend of mine. The friend of mine was coming in just as I was leaving. That wasn’t, it wasn’t a situation where we didn’t really have much time to stop and chat. He […]
Meat Pie Pareto Principle
What To Eat? The other day I was at home wondering what to eat for dinner. It turned out to be a horrible mistake. I decided to go down to the grocery store. I had been trying out that one meal per day plan, unfortunately I chose the wrong thing to eat. I ended […]
Self Destructive Death Cult
Nested Dreams A couple of weeks ago I had one of those dreams that you’re having a dream and then you wake up and you think you’re finished having a dream but you’re still having the dream and then you wake up again and you realize you’ve been trapped in several nested dreams. Inside […]
Toothless Nightmare
How Many Cavities So the other day I went to the dentist. I hadn’t been to the dentist in a long long time. Normally this hasn’t been so bad. Occasionally I would get these pains in my teeth. Usually they would go away in a couple days. While I have the pain I would […]
Jungle Rats
Cherry Blossom Season In Japan every spring they have a cherry blossom viewing event. They can’t usually predict when it’s going to happen. The feeling in Japan is very comparable to what it’s like on July 4 in the states. People go to the park to have a barbecue, they watch the cherry blossoms […]
Fear Of Abandonment
Reunion Party I went to a reunion recently. It was a reunion with people that I hadn’t seen in a few decades and because I’m from the generation X, we grew up, we were raised in an environment with no Internet and no social media. Generation X people are a lot less likely to […]