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โ€œTikTok โ€” a social media platform best known for its sober, academic exploration of the heady subject matter frequently tackled by its user base โ€ฆโ€

Dave Pell

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In a chat today with a tech support person, who at one point wrote;

โ€Had a Mac for a year and used Safari once - to download Chrome.โ€

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Tickled My Funny Bone.

A different way of thinking


A steady change ongoing over at my blot site. Any piece of writing has to fit into one folder โ€ฆ any and all additional tags will only be emoji - so far I have identified these :

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๐Ÿ”— All Explained Here

Not there yet - but it is the right thing to do.



Mr Pie - as spot on as ever.


What Is A Gig?

As I was publishing this post from John Maloney, I thought I would look up the word gig ... it makes for an interesting read.

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The Gig Economy is Dopey

The following post comes courtesy of John T. Maloney, who sent me an email reply to one of my newsletters and it just was too good not to share. Thankyou John. Nicely delivered.

The 'gig economy' is dopey. Always had a problem w/the term.

For me, a gig is a trident tip spear used for gigging. Period.

Growing up in rural and coastal Connecticut, from April to November, gigging was a principal pastime. We'd go after anything gigable, but mostly bullfrogs and flounder. It was very effective. 

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Good Omens: Christian group petition Netflix over Amazon show

Good Grief, donโ€™t these people understand humor.

Besides Gaiman and Pratchett nailed some stuff pretty accurately, like Godโ€™s pronouns.

I always believed that when God created man she was only practicing.


The American Dream

All that is needed ... just three minutes of your time. A little more 'political' than the usual People First posts ... George Carlin - Life Is Worth Losing.

Released January 10, 2006
Recorded November 5, 2005, Beacon Theater, New York City, New York

[youtu.be/KSuEa2xPd...](https://youtu.be/KSuEa2xPdYo)

Thirteen Years Ago ... needless to say - nothing has changed, other than more people are aware ... hoping that this will make even more people aware ... and then we do something about it.


Thinking Allowed

This is a People First post that was originally on the People First domain. It has been moved here as part of my domain consolidation program. Itโ€™s a steady and slow WIP as I check each entry, so do please bear with me.

Government humor from three years ago.

Halcyon days. Simpler times.


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… and so with the import complete and now fully tagged - bye bye to ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ humor.philpin.com - because it is here now - and so now my micro blog includes such delights as ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ the 45 best oxymorons … โ€˜Microsoft Works' is still my favourite.


xkcd: Curve-fitting messages

Maths, Visualization and Humor … All in one handy package.