Archive: 2017
January 2017
- 01: Why Do We Need the Sign?
- 02: Don't Put a Sweater on a Pit Bull
- 02: Parenting Blunders Ranked
- 15: The Washington Post Owes Trump Opponents an Apology
- 18: Strong Opinions on Betsy DeVos
- 19: One Thing I Think We Can All Agree Upon
- 23: One Thing We Can All Agree Upon
- 23: Which Shirt Would You Be Afraid to Wear?
- 24: Learn to Code
- 25: Mary Tyler Moore, 1936-2017
February 2017
- 02: It's Hard to Tell the Violent, Intolerant Fascists Without a Scorecard
- 06: AP Computer Science Revisited
March 2017
- 03: Nothing Can Bring You Peace But Yourself
- 03: If My Father Were Alive . . .
- 03: At the Post Office
- 06: Keep the Channel Open
- 09: A Visit to LACMA: Picasso, Rivera, Modern Art, Renaissance and Reformation
- 10: The Things We Have That Go
- 10: Why Should Men (or Women) Have to Pay for Prenatal Coverage?
- 11: I'd Like to Believe in the Existence of a Loving God . . .
- 13: I Almost Got Into a Fistfight With a Realtor
- 16: A Little Bit About Me
- 20: Monday Night at the Chevron
- 22: Chuck Barris, 1929-2017
- 23: The Grim Reaper Trifecta
- 23: Why is Alexa an Improvement?
- 23: Jesus and Mo: Facts
- 26: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 26: Indignities
- 29: Fake News?
- 31: The Stick Works Better Than the Carrot
- 31: Hypatia
April 2017
- 01: Arguments of the Faith
- 01: Goodbye, Everybody
- 01: Lightning, 2003-2017
- 05: Happy Birthday, Pope Urban VIII
- 05: A Question for Michelangelo
- 06: Praised Be Blindness
- 08: Looking For a Vet in Orange County?
- 16: One Last Goodbye
- 17: Stop in the Name of Pug
- 24: I Wore the Mask
- 29: Some Folks Lives Roll Easy
May 2017
- 08: The Myth of Fingerprints
- 08: The Blindness and the Wretchedness of Man
- 10: Justice
- 10: Why Are Black Americans Against School Choice?
- 20: Homophobic Slurs
- 22: Voltaire and Me
- 23: I'm a Winner!
- 23: Anything Bothering You?
- 23: Harvard Study Says Media Are Very Biased Against Donald Trump
- 27: Big Losers
- 28: Must Have Got Lost
- 28: Denis Johnson, 1949-2017
- 28: See You In Hell
- 28: Regal Cinema is Alienating Me
June 2017
- 01: One Thing I Can’t Tolerate is Intolerance: Margaret Court Edition
- 08: One Thing I Can’t Tolerate is Intolerance: Gays for Trump Edition
- 08: Radical New Theory
- 10: They're the Oppressors Now
- 14: Stoicism
- 22: Cocaine, Heroin, Ecsatcy
- 28: Signs of Trouble
July 2017
- 03: Eat a Bag of D*cks
- 04: Great Moments in Socialized Medicine: Charlie Gard
- 04: One Thing I Can't Tolerate is Intolerance: Yelp at Yale Edition
- 07: A Tolerance Dilemma
- 07: Amber Alerts
- 07: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 09: Sounds Like a Plan
- 10: Today Would Have Been a Good Day
- 10: "I'm Not Pointing Any Fingers . . ."
- 11: 10 Reasons Why Failure is Good, Except When It's Bad
- 12: Privilege
- 13: Our Town
- 14: A Couple of Questions About Commerce
- 16: The Victimized Media
- 16: EppsNet at the Movies: Baby Driver
- 16: Mistaken Identity
- 17: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 19: I Paid My Debt to Society
- 22: This Not That
- 23: Like Virgil
- 27: Remote Work on the Decline
- 27: One Thing I Can't Tolerate is Intolerance
- 29: Where Are the Additional Women in Technology Supposed to Come From?
- 30: Overheard
- 31: EppsNet Book Reviews: The Sleepwalkers by Hermann Broch
August 2017
- 01: World Series Ring
- 02: Paul Epps, Real Hard-Working American
- 02: More Words and Phrases I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 07: EppsNet at the Movies: Superbad
- 08: One Thing I Can't Tolerate is Intolerance: The Google Memo
- 09: We Know We Have to Improve
- 11: EppsNet at the Movies: The Matrix
- 11: Silver and Gold
- 13: Identity Politics = Liberal Suicide?
- 13: Pug Photos on Flickr
- 14: 10 Reasons That NY Times Chart Might Not Mean What You Think It Means
- 15: American Workplace: Grueling, Stressful and Surprisingly Hostile?
- 16: Wandering Boy
- 19: USC Village Opens
- 20: See You in Hell: Robert E. Lee Edition
- 20: No Political Violence on the Left?
- 22: See You in Hell
- 22: Poll: Most Black Americans Don’t Want Confederate Statues Removed
- 23: More Words and Phrases I'm Sick Unto Death Of: X Hours of Homework
- 24: Things Have Changed
- 26: Pug Photos on Flickr
- 26: An Insignificant Number of Confused, Poorly Organized Losers
- 27: Some Things You Never Get Used To
- 28: Fighting Fascism With Mob Violence
- 29: When You Lose the Mayor of Berkeley, You've Lost America
- 30: There's No Perfect Place to Live
- 30: To Young Women Considering a Career in Technology
- 30: A University Professor Suggested Harvey Was Karma for Texas Republicans
- 31: Don't Stare At It Directly
September 2017
- 03: Walter Becker, 1950-2017
- 04: Biggest CFB Upset Ever
- 04: For Some Reason, I Thought Transgender Models Would Be Smarter Than Regular Models
- 06: We're Dreamers Too
- 07: De-sensitivity Training?
- 08: Management Tips From the Pros: Put the Best Employees on the Drive-Thru Window
- 09: A Fake News Taxonomy: 7 Types of Mis- and Disinformation
- 10: Making it Through High School Alive
- 12: Convincing
- 12: 61% Say It’s Time for Hillary Clinton To Retire
- 12: The Perfect Murder?
- 13: What Happened?
- 14: Does Global Warming Cause Hurricanes?
- 20: The Jemele Hills of the World
- 20: Where the Hell's My Money?
- 23: Two Watchwords
- 24: Reserve My Vengeance
- 25: I Love Freedom More Than Most People and Now I Know Why
- 26: Pug Photos on Flickr
- 28: My New Phone Greeting
- 28: I Think the NFL is Shooting Itself in the Nuts
- 29: Your Dog Really Loves You
- 29: Those They Leave Behind
October 2017
- 01: Driven and Derided by Vanity
- 01: See You in Hell
- 01: The Five Hundred Gold Pieces
- 02: See You in Hell
- 02: Tom Petty, 1950-2017
- 02: See You in Hell: Tom Petty Update
- 03: Camille Paglia on Hefner, Trump, Masculinity, Feminism, Etc.
- 05: HireRight and the Background Check From Hell
- 06: A Matter of Low Importance
- 08: What Does a Programmer Do?
- 08: Connie Hawkins, 1942-2017
- 13: More Words and Phrases I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 16: Spot the Fake News: Obamacare Subsidies
- 17: To the Daughter I Never Had
- 19: L'Affaire Weinstein
- 22: A Hotbed of Asininity
- 22: Tech Gender Bias: Men Not as Concerned
- 22: What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?
- 23: Wild Wild Life
- 23: Good News, Bad News
- 24: Tech Gender Bias: Men Not as Concerned
- 26: The Family Nut Tree
- 26: See You in Hell, Breakfast Lovers
- 27: Stuff With No Knowledge
- 27: Round Up the Usual Suspects
- 28: The Miser and the Angel of Death
- 30: See You in Hell
- 31: Russian Propaganda on Facebook
- 31: Overheard
- 31: Umbrage
November 2017
- 01: A Keyword Search = Advanced Machine Learning?
- 01: World Series Game 7: Houston 5, LA 1
- 02: Prayers
- 03: Do I Understand Your Question?
- 03: Thomas Jefferson: Election Rigged For Hillary
- 04: The Pearl
- 04: Thomas Jefferson: Bush 41 Calls Trump a "Blowhard"
- 04: Female Code Breakers Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
- 04: White Privilege vs Gender Privilege
- 09: Cross to Bear
- 09: Good Morning Midnight
- 11: Crossing the Border
- 11: Who Will Scold the Scolders?
- 15: Our Most Valuable Asset
- 15: The Emperor's New Clothes
- 23: See You in Hell
- 24: A Breakdown of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
- 26: Slut-Shaming: It's Not Just For Women Anymore
- 28: Every Form of Harassment is Okay -- Except One
- 29: Who Will Be Left to Scold the Scolders?
- 30: Matt Lauer's Secret Sex Lair!
December 2017
- 01: Presumption of Guilt
- 03: A Visit to Stahl House
- 06: Al Franken and Ted Kennedy
- 07: The Dust of Everyday Life
- 07: Alien-Earthling Relationships
- 08: All the Elements For Your Happiness Are Already Here
- 09: Liberalism and the Wrath of the Privileged Whites
- 09: The Country is Turning Into One Big Junior Prom
- 10: He Was in No Other Place
- 12: Every Male Journalist Will Be Famous for 15 Minutes
- 12: See You in Hell, Ed Lee
- 14: Year in Search 2017
- 14: What Did You Think "Woke" Meant?
- 16: Notes on Existential Well-Being
- 16: Berkeley Sunset
- 18: Is Healthcare a Right or an Entitlement?
- 18: The Script of Life
- 18: Likes and Dislikes
- 20: See You in Hell: Cardinal Law
- 20: People I Thought Were Dead
- 23: Merry Christmas, New Orleans
- 25: Christmas In New Orleans
- 26: Jefferson Davis's House
- 27: Something I Learned About Time Zones
- 27: My Worries Are Few
- 28: Vignette
- 29: Teaching Computer Science: It's Not Easy to Teach a Subject in Which You Have No Training