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Artist-ficial Intelligence
However, if your artistic eye is astigmatic, you’ll see no reason to be creative when AI allows you to steal ideas that already exist and make something derivative instead.
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Billionaires
The average billionaire (as if they could be average) is a rare breed. Built of sturdy stock, billionaires are legendary, deserving of being held aloft for the masses to kneel before and pray that they too could have the work ethic and intelligence of someone with too much money (as if one could have too…
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Pundits
The pundit is the single most important cog in the political machine. Usually, an ex-politco who was retired by the public and told to go back to his or her law practice or consulting firm and to keep their grubby mitts off of public policy, given a new lease on public life by a 24-hour…
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Dreams
By all accounts, Jennifer was an average ten year old girl, living in an average family. She was a creative girl with a vivid imagination who loved to draw. She had a cat, who she loved very much, named Piper. She was the only child of loving parents, and she was doted on by her…
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The Loophole
Being a man of the cloth comes with a lot of responsibility. You’re responsible for your flock, the good people who come to you in times of celebration, and in times of crisis. You need to be there for them on their best days, and on their absolute worst. You’re expected to help them live…
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Handsy
“Get away from me, creep!” Sarah shouted.. “C’mon baby, I’m just trying to give you a compliment. Why you gotta be such a bitch?” Jim asked, “Y’know, you’re all walking around here showing off your bodies, and then you all get pissed off when guys look at what you want them to look at.” Jim…
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Flew
Mary and Laura had spent the evening in the cafe catching up. It had only been a week since their regular coffee night, but they had much to discuss. Even if they didn’t have a lot to talk about, the silence didn’t bother them since they were both knitters, and could enjoy the presence of…
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Two Cents
Thank you for your unsolicited feedback on my artistic output. I will take your feedback under the consideration it deserves, which is to say, not at all. Your high opinion of your knowledge of the medium in which I work is a misplaced confidence stemming from the belief that what I do is so easy…
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Corporatism
Hello there, are you interested in working a Monday to Friday, 9-5 job? How about for a company that values it’s people because they’re nothing without them? One that understands the importance of work/life balance, and that appreciates that the world of business has been built on some morally dubious decision-making in the past, and…
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Salads
Listen up salad-eaters, I’m on to you. You can’t hide in plain sight anymore; I know your dirty little secret. You coast by in plain sight, touting the power of salads. The health benefits, the, the… uh… I guess that’s it. “All that fat, all that salt, all that potato? You are a weak fool,…
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Outdoors
It’s that time of year when people start going on about how the weather is nice and they can’t wait to spend time in their yards. Friends and family will be shocked when you tell them that you have no plans to spend time in your yard, despite their opinion that the weather is ideal…
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The Big Break
It had been a long week at the office. I had spent it doing things like making business, and then selling business to people who were interested in owning some business made at Business Incorporated, at which I was a common business drone. No more and no less important than the other business drones with…
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Gender Reveal Parties
I know that whoever is reading this probably doesn’t know me well enough to invite me to a gender reveal party, but if you’re considering it, I respectfully ask that you do not. It’s not that I’d be offended by the invitation, the opposite in fact. I’d be flattered. Really, I just want to avoid…