I wanted to pen some thoughts on the horrific problem the USA is facing in regard to mass shootings. For those that don’t know I was born and raised in Iceland but lived in Seattle WA, USA for most of…
My thoughts on the Ukraine invasion
I expressed an opinion on Twitter the other day that I thought we should be responding to Ukraine’s request for full military assistance by sending NATO forces into Ukraine to expel the Russian invasion force. I got some interesting responses…
My negative opinion on make-up and the cosmetics industry
I realize that possible no one wants to know what my opinion is on this topic, being a cis-male heterosexual middle-aged white dude. I still want to write it down. Those that do not want to know my opinion don’t…
Death of online privacy due to SESTA and FOSTA
There has been much written and talk about the Facebook data leak at the hands of Cambridge Analytics. What I don’t think folks realize is that has all been rendered pointless through recent legislatu…
Proposed solution to our broken political system
As I’m writing this the federal government has been shut down for well over a week, it is my understanding that the government shutdown of 2013 is the longest in the history of the US. This has got me thinking…
Bar stool economics
Bar Stool Economics Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The…
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) debate
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) debate has been going on for some time now and I just though I pen some of my thoughts on the subject. Just a quick thing about me first that I am super straight heterosexual…
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971…before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Of the…
Healthcare reform problems
There’s been a lot of talk about health care reform. From what I’ve heard there have been a lot of emotionally charged statements made, that don’t seem to be all that relevant or maybe just too heavy on emotions and…
Doesn’t Seattle have bigger problems?
I find the recent news reports about city council for city of Seattle working on requiring strip clubs to raise their light levels to that of a super market as well as banning the dancers from coming within 4ft of…
