Tag Archives: Modern Life

My Favorite Meme Is Making Fun of Memes

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

I don’t have a favorite meme. Memes are not treasured heirlooms. They are disposable little jokes we fling at each other when complete sentences feel too ambitious. Continue reading →

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My Emoji Vocabulary Is Very Limited

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

I don’t really have favorite emojis. I have a few dependable ones I use when words seem unnecessary, risky, or likely to start a conversation I didn’t mean to have. Continue reading →

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What makes you nervous?

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Some nervousness comes from uncertainty. Some comes from experience. And some begins the moment a student says, “Quick question…” Continue reading →

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Social, But Not Exactly

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Social media gave people permission to announce things they once wisely kept to themselves—and somehow convinced them the rest of us were waiting eagerly for the update. Continue reading →

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Do I need a break? Oh yes. From this.

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

We all need a break from something — deadlines, laundry, that creeping Tuesday-afternoon dread. But the thing I’m most desperate to escape isn’t exhaustion or overwork. It’s the willful, proudly uninformed nonsense that seems to dominate conversations, headlines, and daily life. This is a plea for sanity… or at least a short vacation from stupidity. Continue reading →

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The Invention That Changed Everything

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

From rotary phones to smartphones, few inventions have reshaped daily life as completely as the Internet. More than a technological breakthrough, it became the connective tissue that binds modern inventions—and modern lives—together. Continue reading →

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The Best Billboard Message Isn’t Clever at All

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

If I had a freeway billboard, it wouldn’t offer wisdom, inspiration, or a clever punchline. In a world overloaded with messages, the most honest thing it could say is also the simplest — and the easiest to ignore. Continue reading →

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