Ridiculous Opinions #279
Amidst the chaos of bad news, find joy in the present with Marvin Sapp's captivating NPR Tiny Desk performance.
Ridiculous Opinions #278
Most of the time when you live overseas, people think that you live an exotic lifestyle. To a certain extent, that’s not true. We all get bogged down in our...
Ridiculous Opinions #277
Or you could simply pay me for this newsletter, which is just as good. It’s a beautiful morning and I am typing this as I sit on my balcony, listening to the...
Ridiculous Opinions #276
A comic from an online acquaintance that I think sums up how things are for the current folks around! Read his other work at the link! Things I like! I sit...
Ridiculous Opinions #275
Comic artist extraordinaire, Mike McKone. It’s Saturday morning where I’m at. Yet another beautiful day. As I have told you many times before, I am...
Ridiculous Opinions #274
Stolen from Bluesky… Since I refuse to write about the crap show that is politics in the United States, I am going to write about things that I am working on...
Ridiculous Opinions #273
One of the greatest movie posters of all time, which I had hanging in my room for years…Wish I still had it. This week David Lynch died. I would assume that...
Ridiculous Opinions #272
It’s that time of year again! That time of year when billionaires think that you are too beholden to their wares that they will practically crap in your...
Ridiculous Opinions #271
What are you writing about today, Randall? Last week, we went to see Robbie Williams play a show here in the city. For most readers of this newsletter, the...
Ridiculous Opinions #270
THOUGHTS AND GOALS AS WE APPROACH 2025! Well, I started writing about films and it appears to have lost me a ton of subscribers. Perhaps those people could...
Ridiculous Opinions #269
Opining the joy derived from the film Point Break...
Ridiculous Opinions #268
GLADIATOR II (Spoiler Alert) I don’t know if you know this, but him picking up the dirt is a call back to the original Gladiator. I’m glad we got that out of...
Ridiculous Opinions #267
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about Ridiculous Opinions as of late and I’ve come to the conclusion that things are a bit stale. Sure, you all love to hear my...
Ridiculous Opinons #266
Bizarro summed up current American politics in the 60s. I have stopped reading the news. This should come as no surprise. It doesn’t really seem like there’s...
Ridiculous Opinions #265
Ridiculous Opinions #264
Oh, hi there! I’ve been busy, and quite frankly, not that interested in writing the newsletter as of late. Partly because I’ve been exhausted (teaching is...
Ridiculous Opinions #263
As a teacher, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about AI recently and I still hold firm to my belief that AI is simply a pyramid scheme designed to prop up a...
Ridiculous Opinions #261
In which the author muses about things on a sleepy Saturday morning… Not sure what to do with myself this morning. Should I go for a swim? Maybe. But there’s...
Ridiculous Opinions #260
Quick emergency edition… I just thought I’d let you all know that the movie I made, “The Bean” is now available on Amazon.com. If you want to watch it, you...
Ridiculous Opinions #259
My cats woke me up this morning. These dumb cats are used to being fed at a certain time of the day (before we go to school), so if you want to sleep in on...
Ridiculous Opinions #258
Every person from an older generation looks down on younger generations. This opinion usually doesn’t stem from disdain, but more from pity. Now, whether...
Ridiculous Opinions #257
Thoughts on liberalism and conservatism by someone who just read a long article about Lou Reed's "Dirty Boulevard".
Ridiculous Opinions #257
This morning, I received an email from my credit card company that said, “IMPORTANT: DATA BREACH ALERT”. The email basically said that my Social Security...
Ridiculous Opinions #256
Happy Saturday! We are back in action today, getting ready for school to begin next week. I have been teaching since 1995, with a couple of years doing other...
Ridiculous Opinions #255
A real-time photo of the author as he writes this newsletter. Once again, summer is winding down. I’ve been having these glorious summers for twenty-seven...
Ridiculous Opinions #254
Oh, hi! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Well, I’ve been busy. We are on the final leg of our literal journey around the world and I found myself with time to...
Ridiculous Opinions #253 (with image)
Poetry is important. We should be reading poems every day. We should memorize poems to enrich our souls and feel something deep within us that is strangled...
Ridiculous Opinions #253
Poetry is important. We should be reading poems every day. We should memorize poems to enrich our souls and feel something deep within us that is strangled...
Ridiculous Opinions #252
Howdy, folks! Summer break has arrived! I am sitting in my office, ready to begin that long process of detoxing from the school environment. Thus, today will...
Ridiculous Opinions #251
It’s Saturday and school is winding down. This means that I am settling down from levels of massive stress and experiencing new levels of exhaustion, as are...
Ridiculous Opinions #250
My mind is scattered this morning as I figure out what to type on this here 250th newsletter. So, today I write about how I became the pariah of Reddit for...
Ridiculous Opinions #249
Greetings, fools! It is the witching hour for teachers at this point in the year, so our brains are scattered and our ability to get things done is massive....
Ridiculous Opinions #248
UNFETTERED CREATIVITY AND THE PERFECT MUSIC VIDEO: AN ESSAY! Most of you know this, but my ultimate goal in life is to be the most creative human being on...
Ridiculous Opinions #247
I Hate Everything! Or at least, that’s what I assume that most people think about me. There’s a lot of stuff that I don’t like: people, movies, music, books,...
Ridiculous Opinions #246
The school year is winding down and I have to say that it feels like it should have ended about three weeks ago. The fact that we have seven more weeks to go...
Ridiculous Opinions #245
Hello on this Saturday! I’ve been thinking about travel as of late. When I grew up, I was scared. I was scared of a lot of things, but mainly what I think I...
Ridiculous Opinions #244
My friend, Chris, texted me the other day and said: I find it weird that I now enjoy old country songs. Like it reminds me of old cigarette machines in an...
Ridiculous Opinions #243
Our theme for the day... This morning, I read a scientific article. It was called "Reversing the causal arrow: Incidence and properties of negative backward...
Ridiculous Opinions #242
The Ideaspace... Happy Saturday to you all! It's very early where I'm at and everyone in the house is sleeping, so I'll have to type quietly. As you may or...
Ridiculous Opinions #241
Spring break begins! Not a lot to say as I consider taking a phone/computer break for a couple of weeks. Don't worry! I probably won't actually do that, but...
Ridiculous Opinions #240
Happy Saturday to you! Randall P. Girdner here to wish you a fine weekend ahead! What's in store for today? you ask? Quick Update Well, last week, I was in a...
Ridiculous Opinions #239
My "Be Real" selfie this morning... Oh, hello everyone! It's been a busy couple of weeks. Trying to finish everything up before we left to take students to...
Ridiculous Opinions #238
Good morning! You may have noticed that I missed last week. I was in London, you see, carting kids around the city. On average, we walked about fifteen...
Ridiculous Opinions #237!
So, every day in my journal, I write down what I refer to as an "Idea of the Day". This is where a lot of crazy Randy creativity starts to happen and it has...
Ridiculous Opinions #236!
What a weird week. I am currently recovering from an illness. It's basically a cold, but I hate being sick more than anything because I am the biggest whiner...
Ridiculous Opinions #235!
It's Saturday morning here! Randall P. Girdner - SUPERSTAR!! - YouTube I am in between days here at the Middle East Film and Comicon, where I am representing...
Ridiculous Opinions #234!
So, yesterday, Tracey left for India for Senior Fine Arts. Whenever Tracey leaves that allows me time to jump into some kind of obsessive activity that I...
Ridiculous Opinions #233!
Yes, that is Stereogum I am reading in the background. Sometimes, you feel defeated. Of course, I feel more defeated than normal today, because I didn't...
Ridiculous Opinions #232
This week saw the demise of the famous music website, Pitchfork. The site itself isn't dead yet and its archives may or may not live on, but for all intents...
Ridiculous Opinions #231
Greetings, all! It's a fine Saturday morning here and I am about to spend my last, ponderous weekend here in my house before we move to the new school, so...