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
Satire: “Traffic Lights” and the Left’s Destruction of American MobilityYou know what I hate? "Traffic lights". What gives the GOVERNMENT the RIGHT to tell ME when I can stop or go?!? Government shouldn't be standing in the way of… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 3, 2024| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8619
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 inDigital Illustration Posted inFun With Scanners Digital Objets D’Art: RH fan club Birthday Card, 2003Robyn Hitchcock used to have an email fan club that I was pretty active in (hence his name coming up a bunch of places on this site; if you're familiar… Posted by By Michael Kupietz December 31, 2023Tags: Digital Illustration| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6832
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inTravel & AdventureTravelogue Good Day at Black Rock: 27 Photos from Burning Man 1997Introduction, 2023Back when I first got to San Francisco in the mid-90s, full of youthful idealism, the first thing I did was seek out the San Francisco Cacophony Society and… Posted by By Michael Kupietz December 31, 2023Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6797
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inUrban ExplorationTravel & Adventure Beneath the Bay Area: Battery D_____ Exploration, July 2004somewhere beneath the Bay Area, Aug 6 2004 Last July, my late* trubbamaking companion was trying to find a path down to the beach when he noticed a hole in… Posted by By Michael Kupietz December 31, 2023Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6711
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inTravel & AdventureRural Exploration Subterranean Serendipity: UC Santa Cruz Porter Caves & the Hell Hole, Sep 30 20059/30/2005 I was wandering the trails through the woods by UC Santa Cruz, taking some pictures of trees and stuff and trying to shake off a cold, when fate brought… Posted by By Michael Kupietz December 31, 2023Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6693