Truth and ConsequencesThe driver of the logging truck had to squeeze around us on a tight, two-lane coastal highway, and as the last wheels passed us, he yelled…Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
When someone says I hate social mediaI would never go up to a wildlife biologist and tell them I hate rangeland science. For starters, I don’t hate it. In fact, there are very…Jan 31, 20231Jan 31, 20231
Life and Death at the Speed of BicycleThe three little kittens, they washed their mittens,Oct 11, 2022Oct 11, 2022
Fatalism is killing usWe spend a lot of time worrying about fascism, and it’s a worthy adversary. But there is another F-word in America that has been killing us…May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
The Naked Lunch or Forgetting Facebook Part II“I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-seven, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened immune system and…May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Forgetting Facebook — Part II had no idea what Facebook could possibly become when I first joined during my junior year at the University of Oregon in 2004. I was an…Mar 30, 2021Mar 30, 2021
SilverSilver bullets, silverware, silver bells. If I stop to think about my first impressions of silver, it’s the little things like werewolves…Dec 26, 2019Dec 26, 2019
The Evolution of the Social Media ManagerI was sitting in what was then J387 Communications History upstairs in Allen Hall in 2004, when an email invitation popped up in my…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Zombie Lore: From Dracula to ‘Night of the Living Dead’My search started after I watched World War Z, the much-hyped Brad Pitt epic which tells the story of a global war against zombies.Dec 2, 2017Dec 2, 2017