It’s a good thing that I’m not Dr. Fauci. I’m way too fascinated with the human psyche. If I were Dr. Fauci, I’d keep making stuff up and seeing just how far I could push people. I’d come up with all of these random edicts and rules, just to see what I could make people do. I probably wouldn’t even have to support my contentions or share any scientific rationale. But if I did, I think that would be even more fun. I’d just see how absurd of a claim I could make. I’d say things that run counter…
Grammarly nation
Every day, the race to digitize ourselves just picks up steam. A commercial for Grammarly, the writing assistant program, just caught my eye. It’s just one person after another talking about their inability to write a coherent email, paper, or note, and how without Grammarly downloaded on their machine, correcting all of their mistakes as they made them, they’d be lost. People don’t know phone numbers. They don’t learn history. They can’t do math. And they certainly can’t write (despite, ironically, all of the texting they do to each other). Why would anyone learn all those things when we…
You don’t put people to work
Joe Biden and pro-government elitists often use the phrase “putting people to work.” The problem is, you don’t put people to work. You don’t make them work. It’s not like they’re just out there waiting for someone to tell them what to do. In America, people go to work. They self-motivate. They get up out of the chair and get to work. They get busy. They move. They make things happen. They create. They generate. They motivate. Americans create jobs and opportunities, and when they’re successful, more jobs are created. And if others want those jobs, they step up,…
Writers aren’t copywriters
This one’s a little marketing specific, but I had to take a minute. Everybody thinks they’re a writer. Most people are not. I edit a fair amount of work, and it’s pretty impressive just how poorly most people write. That’s OK. Writing, like most things, is a skill. Some are better at it than others. Like with most requirements in life, we often make the mistake of thinking because we learned to do it at an early age and have been doing it our entire lives, that we can do it as well as anyone else. But in fact,…
Celebrating two years
Two years ago today, I set off to write a daily blog. It’s called The Bubbler. I chose The Bubbler because, like one does around a water fountain, I wanted to get people talking and thinking with a point of view different from what you find in conventional media (or even conventional wisdom). On this day, I want to thank you all of you who’ve read and shared The Bubbler with friends and family (or maybe even people you disagree with, just to make a point…) For years, I’ve heard people tell me my take on things is unlike…
2020 plans for the Bubbler
Happy new year, everyone. 2019 was a great year. Gave us a chance to get our feet wet here at the Bubbler. Also, I think we’re set up for an exciting 2020. This year, we are committed to launching our podcast, with a block of at least 8 first season episodes, as well as publishing our first book. We’re also hoping to start contributing as a writer for at least one of our favorite online publications – perhaps American Greatness. And by the end of the year, we’d like to have made at least one speaking appearance. We’re also…