The Past 25 Days (Quarantine Edition?)

I'll save all five of you the long drawn out psychological babble and just list them
We're Americans! We like simplicity and lists.

Solitude is not bad if you like yourself and vice versa.
Anger is the most common emotion displayed on social media.
Animals are more appreciative of your time than humans are capable of showing.
The most untruthful people I know have relied on news, the most truthful people I know have relied on science.
Parents underestimate the long-term effects the incessant posting of pictures of them drinking will have on how people view them, how it reflects their parenting abilities, and most importantly, how their kids will be affected by this.
Teachers: see #5
The kindest people I know have not directed a single person to be kind.
I've been waved and smiled at more in the last twenty-five days than I was in the previous 25 weeks.
The respect for doctors and nurses is well-deserved, but the respect for grocery store clerks and other essential employees is not quite there yet.
Is the number of people still getting takeout a reflection of community support or a lack of cooking ability?
Americans truly love boring baked goods.
With all this spare time, people on Facebook couldn't have come up with more interesting quizzes?

While there are more, here's the most telling of all.

Electronics stores are still open. Bookstores are not.

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White Privilege

This was a post I wrote on Facebook after surprisingly not seeing any moaning about the Documentary by Jose Antonio Vargas, titled White People Dayyum! I just scrolled my timeline and not a single white person got their feelings hurt by White People. I unfortunately haven't seen it, but the number of fake accounts that popped up on twitter, tells me it was a damn good show. Here's the thing. If someone of color aka non-white says "White Privilege," are you offended? If you said yes, then you are exhibiting white privilege. It has nothing to do with how hard you work or study, how you stayed out of trouble, because here's the thing, that is entirely the point. Somewhere out there, there are 100 Black, Spanish, Native American, Arab, Asian, who worked and studied as hard as you and never got in trouble, but they don't have what you "earned" or achieved. Stop looking at the one person you know who isn't white that achieved as your benchmark. Loo

11 Rules of Life - Bill Gates?

I read this on Facebook this morning. A friend had posted it and said that every child should have to receive this. I of course read it and started to think. I immediately wondered who really wrote this, as I rarely see things like this attributed to the proper person. I immediately found it was written by Conservative Charles J. Sykes when he wrote a book about how America is dumbing down our youth. I read it twice and started to wonder how true it was. Below is a link to the actual picture I saw. So let's look at each of the rules and analyze them. Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it! - Life is not fair in that we are not all afforded the same opportunities based on race, creed, color, socio-economic background, but in general, those who are afforded the same opportunities to succeed are very often rewarded for their individual efforts. Sure there may be underlying circumstances, but hard work is proven to pay more often than not and those who strive for succ

Quickie Review - Finding Vivian Maier

While I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially the first 15-20 minutes, I was a little bothered by the way the film played out. The interviews with the clearly disturbed brother, sister and the mother, who obviously, was in for a cut, didn't need to be in the film. Then the woman who suggested abuse, yet seemed to have her life defined by Maier, as she tried to muster every ounce of emotion and fake guilt. Her friend, more than happy to be party of the charade. People who talk about abuse for the first time, usually don't do so on camera. The fact these scenes were so prominent, shows that they felt wronged that they were not rewarded. Maloof on the other hand, seems to disappear from the documentary during this part, almost hiding away from the fact, he went from complete praise, to even making money off of her, to destroying her personal legacy. He almost mentions the family of boys taking care of her rent, as an afterthought. Her burial spot, never shown, yet a video of her

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