A letter to my neighbor
Reading Time: 3 minutes. Oh, hey there, neighbor! I see you’ve got that Confederate battle flag proudly flapping off your wood deck in the backyard—right here in southern Minnesota. Maybe…
Rants
Nazi punks fuck off
Reading Time: 3 minutes. I’ve been playing a lot of protest songs the past couple days—I guess I just need righteous noise to drown out my angry thoughts about the…
The egg prices are too damn high
Reading Time: 5 minutes. So this is it? People really decided the price of eggs not going down since Covid was more important than their kids’ future, their grandkids’ future,…
Where’s the October Surprise?
Reading Time: 4 minutes. So, there I was as this October came to a close, clinging to the edge of my seat and holding my breath, just waiting for this…
It’s the economy, stupid
Reading Time: 4 minutes. One thing that has me sweating like a dollar-store hot dog in the microwave about this tight election is the economy. Sure, if you peek outside…
Working-Class Struggle during Corporate Prosperity while no one notices
Reading Time: 3 minutes. We’re living in a paradox. On one side, Corporate America, hand in hand with government interests, is setting record profits and basking in stock market highs.…
Mental Health Day Needed
Reading Time: 3 minutes. I once naively thought that being a parent was going to be the hardest job in the world. I pictured sleepless nights, endless tantrums, and me,…
I just hope everyone has fun
Reading Time: 6 minutes. I tried to take it easy this weekend. The past few weekends have been busy, and the upcoming weekends are going to be as well. So…
80s and 90s TV commercial jingles that are still stuck in my head, haunting and torturing me decades later
Reading Time: 2 minutes. I watched a ton of TV as a kid. I mean, an obscene amount. Back then, we didn’t have phones and tablets to fry our brains—nope,…