I propose an Amendment to the US Constitution allowing states to back out of the Union. There would be some caveats, however: The state in question would have to pay the United States back any federal money used in building up the state's infrastructure minus the state's contributions to said…

So, a lot of changes in my life the last few months. I reached an epiphany, of sorts; I got really pissed off at work and I decided to get out of the dead-end job I'm currently in. One problem: any of the jobs that I would want require a…

When I was in the US Army, the only way I could vote in my district was via mail-in ballot, since I was nowhere near the district I officially resided in. Being a buck private, I couldn't just call in sick for three days off to drive to San Antonio…

This is the only thing I'm going to say about this, and I will not be responding to comments on this post. My father was a Peace Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health for around 30 years and a certified Use of Force instructor for the…

The anniversary of my father's passing is coming up in a couple of weeks, and as always, it has lead my brain down a path of thinking that is even deeper than it usually is. I'm going to tell you a story about my dad to let you know where…

A Pythagorean triple is a solution to the Pythagorean Theory such that . For example, {3, 4, 5} is a Pythagorean triple because . This becomes important when discussing complex numbers of the form . The reason is that the Pythagorean theorem applies to complex numbers, too, because x and y above are…