Rowan Finley
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Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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“The Visa Girls Want You”
“The visa girls want you,” my coworker said, stopping by my office door, giggling as she told me. I rolled my eyes and braced myself for a long academic advising session with them. Six women from Russia came to the college one summer, as they had learned that we had a phlebotomy certification program. The phlebotomy certificate is only ten weeks long in the summer term. The six ladies were all middle aged and they had extremely thick Russian accents. In Russia, they had been highly educated individuals supposedly, but they came to the states and their education didn’t equate to much so they decided to start from the ground up. They could hardly understand a word I said though. Let’s just say, they really helped me break down my English to the bare minimum. Every time I spoke, they used their phones to translate my English into Russian.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Horror
Dear Vocal Curation Team
Dear Vocal Curation Team, I have noticed that the challenges specify that AI-generated-content is not acceptable for the challenge submissions. Thank you for requiring this rule. My honest question now is this: If AI-generated-content is not acceptable for challenge submissions, then why is it permissible for just regular submissions on Vocal that are non-challenges?
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Futurism
I have a story to tell, but I might not make it out of here alive.
I have a story to tell, but I might not make it out of here alive. Everything feels very cramped. I don’t really feel like I have a ton of rights at the moment. Some days, I just listen and listen and listen… I hear the humdrum of voices and other sounds on the other sides of these walls. The conversations that people have around me don’t really make a lot of sense in my mind. They are just words, I guess. Some voices are kind of familiar. Every now and then, there are new voices that I don’t recognize.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Fiction
The Dangerous Road of Socialism
Socialism promotes forced sharing, meant to weaken top earners, entrepreneurs, and employers. Whereas, New Testament-gospel-living promotes Holy Spirit inspired sharing, which flows from gratitude that applies to benefiting everyone, both the wealthy and poor. Socialism promotes getting something for nothing. New Testament-living promotes giving generously because you’ve been given everything. My point, in this juxtaposition of socialism versus New Testament generosity, is to emphasize that they are not even remotely similar in methodology or in intrinsic motivation.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in The Swamp
