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Dear Uber, Please Go Work Using Your Own App

Back in 2001, I was working for the Papa John’s in the Meadowbrook area of Fort Worth. It was one…

Putting Together Some Jigsaw Puzzles (Songs)

by Chris McGinty I’ve been putting together some jigsaw puzzles lately and talking about them in blog posts. You can…

The Reason Why Some of Us Talk about Personal Responsibility

by Chris McGinty I’m starting to come to the realization that there is a strange politicization of something that I…

Putting Together Some Jigsaw Puzzles #3

by Chris McGinty Hello puzzle enthusiasts, and maybe Nathan. I’ve done two other jigsaw puzzle posts so far. Here’s one…

Get Ready for the Next Emergency Before This Emergency is Over

by Chris McGinty It’s a little over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US. If things get under…

A Saturday Blog Because I’m Not Doing Uber Eats Tonight After Friday Night’s Bullshit

I’m not sure if I have a theme for today’s blog, and maybe sometimes that’s ok. Maybe sometimes just sitting…

Test Blog #3: Embed ‘n’ Breakfast

Hello ever’one. It’sChris. You may remember me from Test Blog #1, Test Blog #2, and I Was a Teenage Test…

It’s the Energy Companies’ Fault, Not a Partisan Issue

You know what is interesting to me? I didn’t experience too much inconvenience from the power outages here in Texas….

The Big Lebowski and the Day of the Dude

I’ve been collecting tales of coincidences that have nothing to do with the Google algorithm listening to your conversations, because…

How I Got Fired from Domino’s

I wanted to go part time as far back as May of 2020. It wasn’t until November of 2020 when…

US Elections Are Literally Baseball, Figuratively Speaking (Written November 2020)

Years ago, I was in a shitty punk band. Don’t get me wrong, we were pretty good, but I genuinely…

Review: Hunter and the Laptop (I Wrote This in October 2020)

Hey, everybody it’s me your Academic of Rock. Three chords and one tooth, my friends. Today I want to talk…

Chris McGinty, Modern Philosopher

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I’ve decided that I’m one of the great modern philosophers. I base this on the…

I’m Done with Streak Habits for Three Days Straight Now

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I think my biggest problem in life is defining priorities. Everything feels important. It doesn’t…

The Initial Cash Infusion

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I’ve known since the beginning of 2019 that I only had about a year-and-a-half left…

Creativity and Research

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I’ve always been interested in creativity, and I’ve done what I can to research creativity…

Forced Creativity and Why Miguel and I Don’t Write Music Together

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I’ve had a long standing argument with Miguel about whether or not creativity is better…

Starting with the Expenses

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com I wrote a blog post talking about saving money when there were possible consequences for…

Summertime Tidbits #1

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com We’ve been dealing with the feasts of summer concepts and the broad strokes of marinade…

Otherwise Not Dumb Chris Doesn’t Understand Climate Change

by Chris McGinty of AccordingToWhim.com Seen Here Wearing a Smart Making Device Just a quick drop today to say that…