Rambling – The Barberry Writers

1938

There is little to no room for nuance on social media. Social sites are a catch-all for interaction, entertainment and distraction. They are, by design, for snippets and quickly digestible things. Yet, as is human nature, we still use them to make social or political points that usually beg for more details than a tweetContinue reading “1938”

Columbus

This is not necessarily a space for political writing. It’s not not a space for it either. But we still try to keep it apolitical in a bid to focus on writing and rhetoric and, increasingly, our own lives. Inevitably, however, there’s going to be crossover. Today’s blurring of the apolitical lines is spurred onContinue reading “Columbus”

Memer Refuted

Here is a meme that popped up on my dad’s Facebook page. We all see tons of these everyday, but because it was shared by my father and because I want to promote open-mindedness (or at least sound debate) in the people I admire, it seemed appropriate to look at all of the claims madeContinue reading “Memer Refuted”

The Alphabet Ends at Y

I have a part time gig at a bookstore, usually working on weekends and the occasional weekday evening shift. I have worked in bookstores in some capacity for over a decade because of a personality quirk that I share with others that makes us “bookstore people.” As vague an explanation as that is, it’s theContinue reading “The Alphabet Ends at Y”