Posted inWriting Posted inMikesplainingCurrent EventsEconomics OpinionHow the Section 174 Tax Code Changes Caused a White-Collar Job CrashNote: I want to point something out: I've given no references here. This is my current understanding. I'm still researching it, and you should research it yourself, don't take my… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 4, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=10189
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Reviews You Are HearMusic ReviewsAs 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz March 16, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8650
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Review I Like To Listen“Peaks Island Ferry” by Dan Sonenberg — album reviewFinally giving a listen to the prerelease of old friend Dan Sonenberg’s return to solo singer-songwriting, "Peaks Island Ferry". Rather than set down & give him feedback after it’s over,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz November 1, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9294
Posted inWriting Posted inTechnosociologyAI Issues Hey, You Got Your Social Awareness In My AI!About Sexism In The AI Images On This SiteA 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6322
Posted inWriting Posted inMediaPropagandaManipulationPersuasion Watch Your IntelligenceCritical Reading of a Flawed Information SourceOct. 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6198
Posted inWriting Posted inReflectionsThe Beast Within Reflective ProseFascination, And Dangerous WeatherSpringtime 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 18, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4697
Posted inWriting Posted inMisc. Thoughts & Brainspill Marginal Thinking Dept.You Can Quote Me On That (Assorted Short Topical Writings)Toggle all open/closed Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 13, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4348
Posted inWriting Posted inThe ParanormalInvestigative ReportingPublished Bylines Investigative Journalism“Elvis Is Everywhere”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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 13, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4277
Posted inWriting Posted inReflectionsNocturnal Submissions Reflective ProseDay NightsI gotta do something about them day nights. I was just walking home from the store, bopping down the street at 11 PM, a time that I grew up believing… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4168
Posted inWriting Posted inOpinionsPop Culture Iconoclasm Whom Rods DestroySpeak To Me Not Of Picard, Nor Janeway — An Informal Screed On Star Trek Fandom FundamentalsLook; I'm a Star Trek fan. Don't talk to me about "Picard" or "Janeway" or "Archer" or whoever. Even the movies barely qualify as "Star Trek", and they have the… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4155
Posted inWriting Posted inLifestyleDealing With It AllLife In A Mikeycosm Temporal MoronomyThe Contents Of The Rest Of The World’s Dream Do Not Concern Me (or, Why I Didn’t Turn 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4152
Posted inWriting Posted inReviewsOpinions Review CompendiumFragrance ReviewsUnbeknownst 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 31, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3528
Posted inWriting Posted inMovie Reviews Review CompendiumLiterally Hundreds of Capsule Movie ReviewsA 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,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 12, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=1956
Posted inWriting Posted inSocial Media Addiction Social MediocrityKwitter, the one-user social networkI 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 10, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=1385
Posted inWriting Posted inRandom Brain DroppingsFun Even In The Quietest MomentsShower thoughtsIdea 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 5, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=771
Posted inWriting Posted inPoliticsAxe-Grinding Ideology In Brief“Are you free?”, and Other Short Ideological MusingsLet'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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 4, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=769