by Celia Rivenbark | Nov 2, 2021 | Weekly Column
Can writers really be replaced by artificial intelligence programs? I haven’t been this worried since I heard about the infinite monkey theorem. That’s where a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 25, 2021 | Weekly Column
I have a modest proposal for how to deal with the tax cheats named in the “Pandora Papers” that jaw-dropping global investigation into the bank accounts of some of the world’s richest people. Journalists in 117 countries spent years examining...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 11, 2021 | Weekly Column
While I’m plenty sympathetic to young people who say Instagram makes them feel bad about themselves through body-shaming and general taunting and bullying, I have yet to see even a paragraph about what it does to us older folk. Where’s your...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 4, 2021 | Weekly Column
I wouldn’t have thought it possible a few months ago but, yes, 2021 is saying “hold my beer” to 2020 when it comes to curious behavior. Why do I say that? Because 2021 will forever be—among other things–the year a distressing number of...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 27, 2021 | Weekly Column
The “rat whisperer” as he had been jovially described to me by his co-worker who performs my regular pest control service, had been summoned. He was admirably punctual, masked and wearing starched khakis and a logo Polo shirt, the picture of...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 22, 2021 | Weekly Column
Now that Virgo season is here, let me just say…would you please hand me that box of baking soda and a wet paper towel? Because that ring under the Worcestershire sauce bottle in the fridge isn’t going to magically disappear. Where is the baking soda? In...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 20, 2021 | Weekly Column
MAYBERRY, N.C. (Sometime in the not-so-distant future….) Gomer: “CITIZEN’S ARREST! CITIZEN’S ARREST!!! Stop right there, Thelma Lou! You need to come with me right now. I’m going to get a minimum of $10,000 because it looks...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 6, 2021 | Weekly Column
We are a nation divided. Half of us want to do the responsible, scientifically proven gesture to help our fellow man; the rest think it’s just fine to walk their dogs and toss the collected bag of poo into their neighbor’s garbage can. A friend...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 30, 2021 | Weekly Column
I think the people who make M&M’s may have hit on the perfect way for folks who are too shy to say how they really feel to finally just put it all out there. I first noticed the “M&M’s Messages” candy in the checkout line this...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 23, 2021 | Weekly Column
It’s hard not to bristle a little at the latest advice regarding how to deal with anti-vaxxers. Everywhere you turn, we (the vaccinated) are told to never argue and berate but rather to speak calmly, avoid demeaning language and basically treat them like...
