I found the infographic below to be fascinating, particularly how they rank the states based on their news consumption. The most news-hungry location is, not surprisingly, the District of Columbia, whereas the most incurious places are Mississippi and my own home state of Louisiana.
(more…)Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Betting On Americans Staying Sedentary
Anna Kendrick in the “Roku Original” show “Dummy” playing a woman who befriends her boyfriend’s sex doll.
(more…)Scandinavia Rocks Freedom
Still, I’m pretty content here in the United States, since I feel I’ve been able to express myself with almost total freedom (within the bounds of reason and decency).
So Long, Alex
Morning, everyone. I got an insanely late start this morning, so I’m going to leave this touching tribute as a comment cleaner and come back later to actually create something new.
Come Back, Mr. Rogers!
See, this is why I don’t get into the whole New Year’s thing. On the whole, human life tends to suck, and when a given year is over (even ones before 2020), humanity celebrates that the Bad Stuff is behind us, and Won’t Next Year Be Great. It was certainly that way with 2020. PHEW, glad that’s over! And yet the first few days of 2021 have proved that………this year sucks, too.
But there’s still hope. I present to you the newest addition to Danish Children’s Television, provided with captions: