silence enables violence

Evil flourishes when good people say nothing.

Speak out and stand up for what you believe, because our silence enables violence.

by Monkey's Dad June 05, 2020

Call me Phishmail

The opening line of a disarmingly transparent effort to get your SSN, passwords and credit card number.

Never read Moby Dick? Then call me Phishmail. Impress your friends 'cause absolutely free I'll give you my lightning tutorial on Melville's massive classic. Just click here.

by Monkey's Dad January 19, 2020

I can't breathe

True of COVID-19 sufferers and of George Floyd. The key phrase at this moment in American history.

"I can't breathe, said Floyd as he was being suffocated. "I can't breathe" thought more than 100,000 victims as they were dying of Covid. "I can't breathe" chanted countless Americans in the streets, protesting enduring police brutality.

by Monkey's Dad June 01, 2020

ayyysymptomatic

No signs of disease. Possibly infectious. Ready to party!

They were young, ayyysymptomatic, and heading for the beach.

by Monkey's Dad May 05, 2020

social duhstancing

Pandemic precautions so obvious that they should not have to be explained.

Don't stand in the midst of a crowded bar, don't hug and kiss strangers, don't take selfies with friends... because it could kill you. Yes, really. Lots of people already know this. It's called social duhstancing.

by Monkey's Dad June 18, 2020

epidemonology

The study of who and what gets blamed for an epidemic.

Whether it was the complacent president, a de-funded response system, or simply "Patient Zero" who got off the plane from Beijing, coughing, epidemonology would inevitably follow.

by Monkey's Dad March 11, 2020

Disturbin' Dictionary

A compendium of definitions for all the words you do not want to think about in a time of crisis.

Pandemic, contagion, death rate, infections, coronation, coronaviral, isolution... they kept appearing in the Disturbin' Dictionary when he was just looking for a laugh.

by Monkey's Dad March 21, 2020