They would like to live in a land where it is ok to call a Black person a nigger since we call Italians wops and French frogs. A Black person they argue has a double standard or they apply a double standard for Blacks and Whites. The bottom line of all this double talk is not too...
“Welcome to the SUV stage of life,” said my friend Richard, who is a few years ahead of me on the life milestone path. That path sits before me like a shiny yellow brick road leading to Oz, with no thought of flying monkeys. We used to joke that you needed a Hepatitis shot befo...
To hold this belief is like trusting a rattlesnake not to bite you. You might think that the rattlesnake is your friend until the day it bites you. You are no more a friend to an American corporation than you are a friend to a rattlesnake. I have sat in many boardrooms for many plan...
“like” . I have often asked myself why I continue to share my thoughts even when there are no comments. The response here validates my reasoning. Sharing my feelings helps others process their own feelings. I have always been a teacher and the best way to teach is by example. I am ...
Oak makes a great fire but it is hard to get it started. Now, keep in mind that while I have been prepping the van mechanically, I have given no thought about providing the van with the tools needed to have things like a fire. I had no hatchet for splitting the split logs into ...
"It is not morbid exercise but, like having a will and a power of attorney, it just makes good planning sense...The effort will produce interesting results and may also provide insight as to how you want to curate the balance of your life. I found this to be the hidden benefit to al...
“But my revulsion at the Republicans doesn’t begin and end with Iraq and Benghazi. It’s spread to many other issues over the years. Frankly, the GOP increasingly looks like a party in the grip of some form of hyper-partisan madness that takes self-destructive delight in alienating everyo...
I often joke that physically I am aging more like cheese then a fine wine. I am getting squishier and somewhat moldy around the edges. Perhaps you see the ideas of tracking time through a different lens. Maybe you think of the need to track your minutes and seconds each day, a twist...
had good benefits and would enable him to retire with a good pension. My father’s aspirations and attitudes towards work were like most of his generation. The idea of being passionate about your work would have been a joke to my father and his peers. Times have changed dramatically. Worker...