Tangents

Short micro-blog posts that are more akin to a rant from your conspiracy theory neighbor than they are thoughtful prose.

  • Him/Her/Them

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThese days, it’s not unusual to hear “they isn’t grammatically correct if you’re talking about one person”, especially from conservative crowds and the chronically-on-4chan community. So I thought I’d take time in this tangent to explain why people who hold this belief are, in so many words, dumber than a bag of…

  • Back-To-School Extravaganza

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s that time of year again where people get angry about having to buy five boxes of tissues and six glue sticks and twenty pencils for their kids for back to school supplies, especially for the younger kids in elementary school. I want to say this for those of you who clearly…

  • On Pride

    On Pride

    Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s just after 6pm on Wednesday. The date is June 26, 2024, and I am sitting in a Korean barbecue restaurant. It’s the 9th anniversary of the legalization of same sex marriage in the United States. It’s also a date night. My partner and I have decided to patron one of our…