Note: I will be referring to Brian Warner, the rock musician professionally known as Marilyn Manson, by his legal name throughout this post. This is done deliberately to disarm him. Brian Warner doesn’t get to be the big scary goth god anymore. The name Brian Warner reveals himself for who he truly is: a scared, […]
I have a lot of cool “woke white guy” friends. Today, we are watching a lot of uncool, un-woke white guys get away with terrorism because they are sad that their Daddy has lost an election. Before you give yourself asspats for being smarter, better, cooler, and woke-r than the white guys storming the Capitol, […]
One of the things I’m doing with my daughter Siren this year is using American Girl books and short documentaries to teach her about migration patterns into the US. This to make clear three things. One, the first Americans are indigenous Americans, the only Americans who are “from” America. Two, those we credit with “founding” […]
It looks like some articles are floating around about potential future travel policies requiring travelers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Such policies are not new, only the disease these vaccines are designed to prevent is new. As a child I have fond memories of attending travel clinics before our summer trips to the Philippines, where […]
Unfortunately, a 41-year-old man, husband, and father, has passed away from complications of COVID-19. He was also a Republican recently elected to Congress, who spoke out against pandemic-responsive policies in Louisiana. It should go without saying that, regardless of their political persuasion or personal opinions about COVID-19, nobody deserves to die of this disease. Luke […]
A common staple of life in Muncie, Indiana, is having to occasionally field cartoonishly bad ideas from elected officials and private interests, and prevent them from actually materializing. Last year, it was the agreement between the City and Zinc Nacional to subsidize a large zinc-recycling facility upwind of town, which would have created significant zinc […]
I regret that I never did get to meet Dr. Gordon. I do hope he knew how helpful he was to me in his final years. Reprinted from the official Department Facebook page: It is with great sadness that we at the Ball State University Department of Sociology announce the passing of Dr. Whitney H. […]
So I put some numbers together. Here’s my reasoning. Based on the results of Indiana’s antibody study, the IFR (infection fatality rate) for COVID-19 in Indiana is .6%. That means, for every 1000 people who get COVID-19, 6 of them will die. A whole bunch of them will be fine, even asymptomatic, but 6 will […]
Growing up, my father worked as an EMT and then later as an ER nurse. One of my most vivid memories from childhood was my father going to provide emergency care to a gunshot wound survivor at the Woodman’s grocery. We were just buying groceries, having a regular day, and this guy needed lifesaving care. […]
I did not want to make this announcement until I was absolutely sure I’d stick with the decision, so that nobody would be disappointed in me if I failed, but here goes. I hope nobody thinks I’m bragging, I’m just happy to have good news for a change. The effect that Ehlers-Danlos syndrome has on […]