Forum Sundays III
A few years ago I decided to marathon all of the Star Trek: TNG episodes and share my thoughts. I went crazy a couple seasons in. And you can follow along right here! Thread also features general talk about all …
Scrum Master
For the first time in 17 years, I’ve put a resume together and started shopping for a new job. But, of course, I’m a 40-something with a BA in history. Not exactly employable. Going on the job circuit has been …
Forum Sundays II
More from over 10 years of forum madness! Charting snowfall (and the reaction to it) in the DC area. Check it out right here. Every winter, DC residents lose their minds when there’s even a whisper of possible snowfall. The …
Nacho and Reality
This is your periodic reminder not to take Greatsociety.org too seriously.
Forum Sundays
We don’t get much traffic in the forums these days because we’re getting too old, I think. And we only ever talk about a few sad little things like the upcoming Greatest American Hero reboot, but I feel like I …
Fire!
It should come as a surprise to no one that my intense, decade-and-a-half-long hatred for my day job has spilled over into my performance and finally been noticed by my supervisors.
Fear Diary
I’m having trouble feeling empathy for those who are impacted by disaster. Hurricanes level islands, kids shoot up movie theaters and schools, it appears that black people are being openly hunted on the streets by cops like some sort of …
Source Material
A few years ago I took a rare beach holiday and decided I’d try to slow down a bit: Sit under an umbrella on the warm sand and just let go of all my worries. A few weeks before, for …
Combat!
Probably one of the best TV shows I’ve ever watched – and one that still holds up today – is Combat!
Inside
The appalling acts in Charlottesville played across my TV screen (and my laptop and my smartphone) for a whole weekend but, on Monday, no one at work even mentioned it. At Monday’s happy hour, friends who I consider to be …