Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Reviews You Are Hear: Music 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 Michael Kupietz March 16, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8650
Posted inWriting Posted inWorkInfrequently Asked Questions Mikesplaining: What’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… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7041
Posted inWriting Posted inComedy & SocietyInfrequently Asked Questions Mikesplaining: Why do people respect George Carlin?I have a serious question, and, dead serious, I’m not deliberately trying to provoke. Why do people respect George Carlin? -Brett F., Alberta Carlin was the observational comic who set… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7038
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic TheoryInfrequently Asked Questions Mikesplaining: Why 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… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7024
Posted inWriting Posted inInfrequently Asked QuestionsProbability & Statistics Mikesplaining: Do 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,… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7013
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal EvidenceTravel & Adventure Local Color—Ghent, Belgium: How (Not) to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In GhentBack 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… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 1, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6867
Posted inWriting Posted inPoesy & Doggerel 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… Posted by By Michael Kupietz October 22, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6465
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 Michael Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6322
Posted inWriting Posted inMediaPropagandaManipulationPersuasion Watch Your Intelligence: Critical 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 Michael Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6198
Posted inWriting Posted inMetadoggerelPoesy & Doggerel 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… Posted by By Michael Kupietz October 17, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6151