Culture
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“It’s close to midnight, And something evil’s lurking in the dark” This was an event. On December 2, 1983, MTV premiered Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and I can still remember where I was when it happened. A crowd had gathered in the basement of the Pi Kappa Alpha house at the University of Missouri-Rolla, now known…
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Bonus blog entry to celebrate the start of Fall. Gen-X enters Fall actually and figuratively.
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“Time is waistin’ is walkin’. You ain’t no friend of mine” Man, August was a long month. But again, it’s over. September always sneaks up on us like a memory you didn’t know you still had. One minute you’re cruising through summer, and the next you hear the opening chords of Hootie & the Blowfish’s…
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At some point, comfort stops feeling like convenience and starts feeling like surrender. That’s when the old Gen-X instinct kicks in — the one that remembers what it was like to make choices without algorithms, nudges, or curated menus.
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Before I start this up: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!! 250 YEARS THROUGH STRUGGLE AND STRIFE AND LOOK AT US NOW!!!!!!!! 🦅🇺🇸🗽 GOD BLESS AMERICA! WOOOOOOO!!! (Okay now I’m ready for the July 2026 installment) Theories are like girlfriends (or boyfriends). Some you meet by accident, hang out with for a while, and then quietly drift apart.…
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“Money don’t get everything, it’s true. What it don’t get, I can’t use” We’ve entered an era where the United States wages war not with missiles, but with money-and it may be the most decisive battlefield yet. In the month of April 2026 the United States announced a “ceasefire” and the end of Operation Epic…
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The years progress, but do we? AI has had a promise and is now starting to deliver.
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I ran all night and dayI couldn’t get away The strikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israel began about a month ago. The dynamics of war are always framed as strategy, but the truth is simple: your plans are only as good as the assumptions underneath them. This week, the Trump administration said they’ve…
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Will things ever be the same again? Greenland is ice and Iceland is green. Go figure. Quite a month of February 2026 we’ve had. [BREAKING US AND ISREAL STRIKE IRAN]. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-israel-launch-major-attack-120954834.html So let’s look back at the United States ambitions on the takeover of Greenland. Why would the United States risk threatening a NATO ally?…
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“So I chose freedom. Running around, trying everything new.” https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/argentina/articles/the-untold-story-behind-the-song-dont-cry-for-me-argentina So here we are again US focused on our own Western Hemisphere after decades of global intervention, particularly in the Middle East. With so much going on (Tariffs, Greenland, Iran, Los Angeles, Minneapolis) let’s look back just a few short weeks into the United States…
