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Keith R. Higgons Like herpes, Florida likes to periodically remind the rest of the country of its existence. No matter how many times or ways we try to forget, it flares up and begs us to take notice...
View ArticleWinners and Losers
Keith R. Higgons That is what we have boiled our society down to. One person wins and another one must lose. While not fundamentally incorrect, it isn’t exactly right either. While we are tossing kids...
View ArticleWhite Nationalism and White Supremacy
Keith R. Higgons What’s the difference between white nationalism and white supremacy? Aside from wardrobe. Granted white nationalism is a much more marketable and relatable term because hell, by the...
View ArticleQuestionable Parenting and Sewing
Keith R. Higgons It was hard to single people out for “bad” parenting when I was a kid. There was no such thing…you were a parent or you weren’t…and if you weren’t that didn’t mean you didn’t have...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Stop Calling Donald Trump a Nazi
Keith R. Higgons As we have slowly settled into the uncomfortable realization that a larger than life megalomaniac and almost certifiable lunatic will soon be the POTUS, one thing we can put to bed is...
View ArticleA New Day, A New Year
Keith R. Higgons At the dawn of this new year we don’t know what the future holds for us this year but I’m fairly certain we can all agree on one thing…we’re all hoping it’s not as shitty as 2016. Now...
View ArticleThat One Time In High School A Teacher Gave A Shit
Keith R. Higgons I had a lot of teachers in high school. And I can say with complete honesty only about four were actually any good. Not necessarily all good teachers but good people. I also had the...
View ArticleThe Silence of Snow
Keith R. Higgons There is a silence that accompanies snow falling. It can provide a kind of peace and quiet that can quell anxiety. There is also a cleanliness that comes with a snow storm. It silences...
View ArticleThe Destination Of Goodbye
Keith R. Higgons The destination of goodbye is a fact no one can escape. I’ve reached that age where people slowly begin to pass on to the other side. First it was my Aunt Alice, then my mother and now...
View ArticleIgnoreland
Keith R. Higgons If Marshall McLuhan’s “the media is the message” is to believed then, at least when it comes to technology driven interpersonal communication, we have reached a state of non-messaging....
View ArticleShoot Shoot Bang Bang!
Keith R. Higgons Well, here we are again. In the past 45 days we’ve had the Las Vegas Massacre, the worst American terrorist attack since 9/11 and the recent horrific mass shooting in Texas. That’s an...
View ArticleMen Are _____.
Keith R. Higgons So, basically all men are awful. (sigh) It seems like every day there is some new revelation about some jackass who has defiled, or attempted to defile, another person. Just NOW, an...
View ArticleThe Dana Carvey Show
Keith R. Higgons Last night I watched the Hulu documentary Too Funny To Fail, a documentary about The Dana Carvey Show that aired on ABC in 1996. It’s hard to believe that the show was on 21 years ago....
View ArticleThe Repeal of Net Neutrality
Keith R. Higgons Welp, the Internet is officially over. As you have probably heard by now, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced his plan to repeal net neutrality with what is being called “The Restoring...
View ArticleYou Can Read it In the Want Ad’s
Keith R. Higgons JOB OPENING: MORNING SHOW HOST/NBC/NYC: Co-host needed for very popular early morning program. Duties will include pandering to celebrities, politicians and successful business...
View ArticleIt’s Not Class Warfare, It’s Class Genocide
Keith R. Higgons Well, the Senate passed the tax overhaul bill. So what, right? This is good for ‘merica, right? No. It’s absolutely not. In short, we’ve been flimflammed. Now if we define Class...
View ArticleThe Problem with Hulu
Keith R. Higgons Hulu is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (ABC), 21st Century Fox (FOX), Comcast (NBC) and Time Warner (Turner Broadcasting). Accordingly, you can surmise that it is kind...
View ArticleDark, a Netflix Series
Keith R. Higgons The Question is Not Where, but When Imagine if the Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things), David Lynch (Twin Peaks)and Alfred Hitchcock (seriously?) got together to create a show…it’d be...
View Article335 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds
Keith R. Higgons So Donald Trump has been president for just shy of one year (335 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds as of right now) and, as such, there will inevitably be a lot of year-end...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
Keith R. Higgons MERRY CHRISTMAS! (or whatever you celebrate) Here’s to wishing you and yours a great holiday season! The post Happy Holidays! appeared first on Keith R. Higgons.
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