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How the Section 174 Tax Code Changes Caused a White-Collar Job Crash, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Kwitter, the one-user social network, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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How the Section 174 Tax Code Changes Caused a White-Collar Job Crash, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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OpinionHow the Section 174 Tax Code Changes Caused a White-Collar Job Crash

Note, Sep. 2024: I want to point something out: I’ve given few references here besides a couple of Google search results I happen to like. This page gives my current…
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Social MediocrityKwitter, the one-user social network

I quit Twitter a while back, and sometimes even just glancing at FB consumes a full day, so I have no outlet for my amusing social-media-worthy passing thoughts, except to…
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Subvert The Cartesian Paradigm!

The Contents Of The Rest Of The World’s Dream Do Not Concern Me (or, Why I’m Not Turning 40)

I originally wrote this essay shortly before my 40th birthday, after which I posted it on my blog and a number of other places. December, 2008 For the record, I…
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“Are you free?”, and Other Ideological Musings, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Marginal Thinking Dept.You Can Quote Me On That (Other Assorted Short Topical Writings)

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“Are you free?”, and Other Ideological Musings, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Ideology In Brief“Are you free?”, and Other Ideological Musings

Let’s talk about sex! No, wait, let’s talk about something even more taboo! These are some samples of political, ideological, or economic thoughts I’ve jotted down. I don’t consider myself…
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Essay-Length Memoir“The Light Shone On Me”

Foreword: For some reason, I’ve always been particularly moved by a sense of loss. It’s the sole valuable observation I ever got from a kindly but not particularly effective therapist…
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Literally Hundreds of Capsule Movie Reviews, feature art by Mike Kupietz
On Not Voicing One’s Opinion Of Pickles In Deference To A Strange Sensitivity, feature art by Mike Kupietz
A Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real life, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Literally Hundreds of Capsule Movie Reviews, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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I can't believe I wrote

Literally Hundreds of Capsule Movie Reviews

A number of years ago I started jotting down summaries of movies I’ve watched, just to keep track of what I’d seen. As the years went by, the list grew,…
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On Not Voicing One’s Opinion Of Pickles In Deference To A Strange Sensitivity, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Is That A Kosher Dill In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?On Not Voicing One’s Opinion Of Pickles In Deference To A Strange Sensitivity

Note: This was composted in response to a #thursdaypoetrysociety challenge on LinkedIn to compose a poem in response to the prompt “my opinion on pickles”. My opinion of pickles is…
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A Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real life, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Infrequently Asked QuestionsA Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real life

I have some time to kill so I thought I would write a brief overview of the concept of time signature in response to some questions that arose recently from…
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“The Radish Is The Noisy’st Root…”, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Interlude Tonsorial, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!“The Radish Is The Noisy’st Root…”

The radish is the noisy’st root, Its vocal tack beyond dispute, effusive in expounding truth— so talkative, this verbal fruit. In ages prior and aeons hence, have poets, lost in…
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Hair Of The DogInterlude Tonsorial

Exqueeze me whilst I sing the tale of facial hair gone tough as nails. When short, it chafes, when long it scares! Crepusculating facial hairs portend the chafed skin one…
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Reflective ProseFascination, And Dangerous Weather

Springtime hits hard in some quarters. I call this ‘dangerous weather’—like, you’ve got to watch out where you’re going. You might trip and fall. Somehow this always coincides with the…
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Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”, feature art by Mike Kupietz
About Sexism In The AI Images On This Site, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Infrequently Asked QuestionsWhy are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?

Q. Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note? -Charlotte V., Seattle, WA Notes an octave apart are the same note because of the mechanics…
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Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meta-Poetry!Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”

O! Poem that spoke of a man who croaks, were you not my own, I would quote you! I would think that whomever composed you smokes dope, but I know…
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Hey, You Got Your Social Awareness In My AI!About Sexism In The AI Images On This Site

A number of the AI-generated images on this site contain artistic depictions of nudity, presented in a way that might seem to reasonably suggest some confusion between real artistic or…
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What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
IAQs—Answers to Even More Infrequently Asked Questions, feature art by Mike Kupietz
What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Infrequently Asked QuestionsWhat’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?

What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week? -Jeannie F, Marin County, CA Thursday. Trust me, being self-employed I’ve…
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Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Infrequently Asked QuestionsDo the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?

A.) Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? B.) What if 5 people each flipped a coin. If the first four all land on heads,…
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Knowledg Is PowehIAQs—Answers to Even More Infrequently Asked Questions

1. What’s the difference between a sauce and a condiment? – Susan W., Tallahassee, FL A condiment enhances the flavor of food and is used sparingly. A sauce adds an…
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How to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In Ghent, feature art by Mike Kupietz
Fragrance Reviews, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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How to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In Ghent, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Local Color—Ghent, BelgiumHow to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In Ghent

Back in my salad days I once tricked the Belgian government into paying to fly me & two friends to give an arts lecture in Ghent under assumed names (long…
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Nobody knows I write...

Fragrance Reviews

Unbeknownst to anybody except Dan Sonenberg—in fact, practically unbeknownst to even myself—I occasionally write fragrance reviews. These are those. Some people enjoy them. Those of you with the nose can…
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Essay-Length MemoirArs Moriendi—Haley’s Epitaph

Disclaimer, 2023 Having come a long way from the days related herein, I thought for a while before reposting this 26-year-old piece of writing, originally posted on my old website.…
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Critical Reading of a Flawed Information Source, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Music Reviews, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Watch Your IntelligenceCritical Reading of a Flawed Information Source

Oct. 7, 2023 I had an interesting talk with my father yesterday. He had a 2-for-1 subscription offer to Mother Jones, and we got into a discussion when I told…
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!Ode To A Croaking Man

On a long-ago visit to the hamlet of Acton, MA with my GOAT (that’s “Girlfriend Onceupon A Time”—hey, I don’t mind if they call me a BOAT), the town was…
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You Are HearMusic Reviews

As of this writing (March 2024) this is pretty sparse, I only just had the idea. Generally I’ve never written much about music—I don’t need to, because music is just…
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Shower thoughts, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Instigative Journalism“Elvis Is Everywhere” (Or At Least In Annandale)

In the Nov. 10, 1988 edition of Bard College school newspaper “The Bardian”, for whom I occasionally wrote as a cub reporter, the Campus News section was led by my…
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!Ode To A Curl-Up Bug

O! pity the poor maligned curl-up! Its form, tho’ well designed, inspires many to fear! But many a curl-up has faced a cruel and untimely fate ‘neath some shoe or…
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Even In The Quietest MomentsShower thoughts

Idea for a movie: A time traveling refugee from the 1990s is stuck in another era and must try to blend in, but is found out when it is discovered…
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Misinformation Visualization, feature art by Mike Kupietz
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Local Color—SeattleIrene & Sheri

This was originally posted on my old website, Life In A Mikeycosm. Before you read this, I should warn you. This story contains one of the grossest things I’ve ever…
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Fudging The FactsMisinformation Visualization

Among my many inconsequential but fondly-remembered ideas was about 10 years ago, when for a brief time, I had a blog called “Misinformation Visualization” (subtitle: “Bringing a world of misinformation…
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This’ll Show ‘EmVerse Upon Bank of America Holding My Checks And Angering My Cat

“These checks will be held for two weeks”, they said, “because they are very large and from New Jersey” This much is true But I am now home and my…
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