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The Art of Headline: Mutually Assured Madness

By Joey Coleman on 15 Sep 2017

A brilliant title for this week's episode of Radio Open Source Mutually Assured Madness [http://radioopensource.org/mutually-assured-madness/] on the increasing tensions between North Korea and the United States. This is, of course, a play on Mutually Assured Destruction [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction] the Cold War…

Just Sitting on Concession: The Sidewalk Sounds Blogpost

By Joey Coleman on 15 Sep 2017

I write this posting sitting on the street parking space patio of Relay Coffee. In front of me, I have a large pour-over coffee, and 10 metres away - in front of the store - a classical guitarist providing the background ambience for a very relaxing evening. Hundreds of people…

The Keydboard Addsa Character

By Joey Coleman on 15 Sep 2017

I have a small Bluetooth keyboard I absolutely love typing on. One problem, of late, it's been adding characters on me, and sometimes getting the order of the letters reversed. On my proofreads of posts, I often don't catch the typo. The typo isn't the result of my Dysgraphia, but…

Ms. Mr. and My Mixed Use of Pronouns in My Speaking

By Joey Coleman on 14 Sep 2017

A couple of months ago, I had my first request for the use of gender neutral pronouns. I used they/them/their. Tonight, at a meeting, I used the more formal Ms. [Last Name] to refer to someone with the goal of conveying the respect I have for them to…

The Greyhound Doesn't Go There Anymore

By Joey Coleman on 13 Sep 2017

I love riding the bus, seriously. I sit back, read, relax, sleep, write, or just plain listen to podcasts. I couldn't imagine losing time to driving. Losing time to driving? What do you mean? I'm productive on a bus, but if I were driving, I couldn't do any of the…