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Category: People Are Awful

A Blessed Turn of Events at the Asheville Trader Joe’s

A strange interaction at the Asheville Trader Joe’s restored my faith in humanity…for now.

Asheville, fiction, life, Trader Joe's, travel, writing

Why Don’t North Carolina Drivers Use Turn Signals? An Unscientific (but kind of scientific in the end?) Study

I’ve been noticing that North Carolina drivers don’t use turn signals, so conducted some research to prove this correct.

Sometimes It’s Easy to Forget Asheville Is In the Bible Belt

A “new study” named North Carolina the 6th most religious state in the U.S. for 2025, citing “the most religious establishments per capita” and “the highest share of adults who are ‘very religious.’”

bible, Bible Belt, christianity, Deep Thoughts, faith, god, jesus, People Are Awful, religion, Social justice warrioring, The Creation Musuem

Changing for the Better…

Sometimes, I think it’s best to just think things, and not necessarily post them…

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, Hurricane Helene, news, north-carolina, People Are Awful, rants, Social justice warrioring, travel
The wrecked Second Gear in Asheville's River Arts District following Hurricane Helene.

People Who *LOVE* Asheville Don’t Even Know It Nearly Got Destroyed 

A couple of weeks ago, I visited Washington, DC to attend a writing conference. I arrived early for sign in, … More

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, Hurricane Helene, People Are Awful, rants, Social justice warrioring, Zillicoah Beer Company
A beer sits on a table at Homeplace Beer Company in Burnsville, NC

You Can Still Make Small Western North Carolina Towns Your Personality

I tried my hardest not to remain my cynical self in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene. I tried to … More

Asheville, Big Pillow Brewing, Black Mountain, Burnsville, Deep Thoughts, Hot Springs, Hot Springs NC, hurricane, Hurricane Helene, Mad Co. Brew House, Madison County, Marshall, north-carolina, Old Fort, People Are Awful, recovery, Social justice warrioring, Spruce Pine, Swannanoa

My Annual Parkway Road-Rage Rant

This is a somewhat annual post I make at some point on this blog or social media that culminates in … More

Blue Ridge Parkway, drives, People Are Awful

Sometimes Instincts Are Correct

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get less annoyed by people. I’m of the belief that, in general, … More

Black Balsam Knob, Deep Thoughts, hike, hiking, People Are Awful, Social justice warrioring, sunrise

The Extonization of Asheville

There’s a town in the Philadelphia suburbs called Exton that my brother and I always use as a placeholder for … More

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, rants, The times, The times they are a changin', wokeness

It’s Time for My Annual Rant Against People Who’ve Never Learned to Healthily Coexist With Snow

Last week was our first “big” Asheville snowstorm of the year. As expected:  How much snow did we receive? A … More

Deep Thoughts, Social justice warrioring, Winter

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