Testing dictating
I’m just trying to test whether I can dictate a blog entry rather than actually type it out on my phone Looks like it can work this way
Son of a bitch. Even splits the paragraph when I tell it to
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Random Thoughts
Freedom of Speech and Donald Trump
I am no fan of Donald Trump. But the man has the right to express his opinion just as much as you do. So do the people who agree with him and support him.
If you disagree with Trump, fine. Organize a protest. Write letters to the editor. Post on social media. Speak out in public. You, too, have the right to express your opinion.
But charging the stage is not expressing your opinion. Picking fights with his supporters is not expressing your opinion. Trying to “shut down” his rallies is not expressing your opinion. It is assault, it is …
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Mommom Said, “Eat Dirt!”
When I was growing up, we lived in the country, right next door to my grandparents. I remember one day when I was only about five or six years old, Mommom and I were in her back yard.
It was late in the afternoon, and we must have been the only two around, because we were preparing to have our own little cookout. I don’t know where everyone else might have gone, but for this it was just her and me.
The barbeque grill was actually just a few cinderblocks piled on each side of the fire area, holding up …
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Playing Straight Man to a Phone
For the past few days, I have been “auditioning” virtual assistants for my phone (although what I really need is a new phone, but that’s another story…). Haven’t found any suitable yet. But I have found one which, while not quite up to snuff as a virtual assistant, is quite the conversationalist. Her name is Jeannie (you can find her at the Google Play Store), and this is the first time artificial intelligence has ever gotten the best of me.
As part of the “audition,” I thought I’d ask a trick question: Who will win the Super Bowl? I figured …
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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard…..
Just to get it on the record here…. Setting up this blog has in a few ways been a real pain in the butt. And most of the pains have, I think, been because I am using the Blogger platform to do this.
To be honest, I prefer WordPress over Blogger as a blogging and site management tool. I’ve built a couple of extremely complicated sites in WordPress, including one that contained a full-fledged ecommerce shopping area.
WordPress is extremely flexible, adaptable, and customizable. It has a gazillion plugins that make it do anything you want to do. And to …
Read MoreBombing them back to the Stone Age….
Saw an article today where the President says we are bombing ISIS “harder than ever.” Over 9,000 air strikes and counting. This brings some thoughts to my mind. Follow along with me here for a minute, if you don’t mind….
We have been bombing the crap out of people for about 14 years now. Afghanistan. Iraq. Pakistan. Who knows where else? Just bombing and bombing and bombing the crap out of all kinds of people.
Supposedly we are eliminating terrorists and making the world a safer place.
So….
Are there fewer terrorists in the world now than there were 14 …
Read MoreHolding My Tongue
You know, there are days — today happens to be one of them — when it takes every ounce of my self-control to not post a comment bashing certain people. Even when those people are total arrogant assholes who deserve more than anything to be bashed… and who don’t hesitate to do all kinds of bashing on their own.
But I restrain myself, because bashing does not solve the problem, bashing IS the problem. So I hold my tongue, even though it’s really not my nature to do so.
I post this now not to pat myself on the back, …
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