Facebook is the bench seats in the food court of a dead mall.Twitter is the graffiti wall of the patio next to the high school cafeteria.Reddit is the bus stop at the preacher’s corner between Starbuck’s and Denny’s.Youtube is a billboard showing all the dinner theaters in Branson.
Author Archives: Shawn
CW, But For Real
A few years ago, I made an attempt to learn CW (Morse Code). I made an honest-to-god attempt. But I didn’t stick with it. Got frustrated with the apps I used, and never got fluent enough at copying symbols to rise above the frustration. Well, I was chatting with my buddy Michael KG5RXG. I had …
Happy 21st, Phaysis
$ whois phaysis.comDomain Name: PHAYSIS.COMCreation Date: 2000-04-14T14:49:59ZUpdated Date: 2021-03-03T18:42:36Z My website is now old enough to buy its own booze, which is great, because I’m tired of being its beer bitch. Hooray! We’ve come a long, long way.
Wrap
The last person I hugged before the pandemic lockdown was my mother. The first person I hugged after my vaccination was…my mother. It’s pretty obvious. I am shit at this whole “building a society of friends around myself” thing. Absolute failure. Nobody else? Nobody? Nobody.
Vampires
There are people who are energy vampires. As you’re moving along in your day, they cross your path and drag you down, pulling as much energy as they can out of you, whether you know it or not. After your conversation, you’re drained and your day is derailed. Those people are to be avoided whenever …