One of the sites I visited while on my southern Illinois trip was to Fort DeChartres. Here are some pictures of that visit. The museum building was not open during my Wednesday visit, State budget cuts I guess. It would have been nice to learn more about the site but that is how it goes I guess. (click on any picture to see a larger … Continue reading Fort DeChartres…
If I am known for anything here at RJsCorner is it my contrarian view of many things. Managing my money is one of them. I know there are many blogs out their that strongly advise us to seek out financial planners to manage our money. Supposedly they take a percentage of our assets each year in order to invest our money where it will get the highest … Continue reading Managing Our Money…
I love reading about the history of America and some of the best critiques come from outside our country. Two of my favorite quotes comes from the idea of the “Tyranny of the Majority”. That is when the majority in our country tends to deny basic civil rights to various minority groups. Of course the most glaring one is slavery but there is also the murder of … Continue reading Perpetual Utterance of Self-Applause
If you know me you are probably puzzled about the title of this post. For the most part I believe that the “good old days” just weren’t that good, but there are a few exceptions. Before I get to the crux of this post’s title I want to give you my other views of day 2 of the Democratic convention. One of the main thing … Continue reading Back To The Good Old Days…
241 years ago we were part of the Great British Empire. We were loyal, although complaining, citizens. Then we chose to go our own way and eventually after a four year rebellion got our way. We still have common bonds with GB but we are also markedly different. One of the major differences is that we are a nation of immigrants and Great Britain is … Continue reading About Brexit and the British.. And How We are NOT Like Them
The main crux of this post is about whether a company can remain innovative as it ages. I want to use Sears and Amazon as study points. Being a U.S. history buff I can’t help but draw a parallel between Sears in the early 20th century and Amazon a hundred years later. One of the striking things about Amazon beside their explosive product line is the speed … Continue reading Innovation…
I have been dreaming about my April Disney World trip lately. One of the most spectacular shows was “Lion King”. With this post I am giving you a flavor of it. It is a massive production and well worth one of your “magic passes” if you ever go there. (as usual click on any of the pics above to see a larger slideshow) Continue reading Dreaming About “Lion King”
For this lazy Sunday afternoon I wanted to bring back a post from over three years ago here at RJsCorner. It seems to be even more dreadfully needed today than it was then…. How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in … Continue reading Someday You Will Have Been All Of These…..
I occasionally write a letter to the editor of our small town newspaper. They allow me to put my two cents into the topic at hand. But since our town is so small I am often reluctant to chime in on some sensitive issues for fear of being labeled by my neighbors. Anonymity is not an option in small town living. When I ran across … Continue reading Letters To The Editor…
This morning I put out a post of the cons for my recent trip into southern Illinois so this afternoon I wanted to give you a gem to counterbalance it. That gem is Giant City Lodge. Before I do that I want to give you a little background on my habits during my uRV trips. I usually stay the night at a State park at … Continue reading The Gem of Southern Illinois…
I will say again but this time add a kicker, It’s Hard To Be A Law Abiding Citizen…When So Many Aren’t. It just seems human nature, the dark side that is, to not want to do what you are told. This is characteristic of our teenage years but goes way beyond that for too many of us. We know there are concepts of the … Continue reading It’s Hard To Be A Law Abiding Citizen..
When I saw it was only going to get up to 87 today I dreamed about all the finishing touches I could put on the inside remodel of my micro-RV. I started the work about 8am and by 9:30 I had to call it quits. The temperature was only 82 but with the humidity so high from yesterday’s rain I was drenching in sweat. I … Continue reading Chewing The Air…
I’m not done with the Deusenberg Museum yet but I kind of figure you can’t take too much of that beauty at one time so I need to ration it out. 🙂 But I did fine another museum behind that one that is worth the visit if you are in the area. I admit that I got there just 10 minutes before that closed so … Continue reading Another Car Guy Place..
When I read the words in the source article below they rang very true to me. Even though I was not a minister like he was I too felt the cost of being forced out of a church community for having different/unacceptable beliefs. I dared, among other things to say the earth was more than 6,000 years old. After 36 years in the Evangelical Charismatic … Continue reading When Leaving Religion Costs You Everything…
The Rapp-Owen Granary is just one of perhaps a hundred buildings that have survived from the two utopian communities that were established in New Harmony Indiana. The Rapp-Owen Granary is perhaps the largest and most elegant. If you are ever near southern Indiana and have an interest in history, especially utopian communities New Harmony is well worth a visit. (click on any of the pictures … Continue reading Rapp-Owen Granary
I want to go back and visit the Deusenberg Museum in Auburn Indiana once again with this post. There is so much beauty in that place it is almost overwhelming to a car guy like me. (as usual click on any picture to see a larger slideshow) Continue reading It’s A Deussy
I have several interesting posts to do on my just completed micro-RV trip into southern Illinois. As usual I managed to avoid interstate highways for all but four miles of the 700+ adventure. Anyone even vaguely familiar with Illinois know that the vast majority of the state’s population resides in the extreme northeast around Chicago. I can hereby attest that there are almost no people in the … Continue reading Trip Report – Southern Illinois… Give Them a Break..
First of all I want to hope everyone has a good day on this important national holiday. 240 years ago a bunch of rebels got the idea to make a nation based on freedom of choice. The exact right group got together to hash out the details and those details have allowed us to for the most part flourish since then. I thank God for the … Continue reading Happy July 4th… And…
I have been holding off on this post so as not to offend some people’s views of that holiday. My friends at Red Letter Christians have spurred me in thoughts once again. This time it is about Memorial Day. I have always found it strange that we as a nation celebrate our wars. Some even seem obsessed with them. To me war is the failure to … Continue reading Memorial Day Is Not On the Church’s Calendar
President Bush’s use of drones and elevated them to an extreme level. We are told that the innocent lost of life because of these drone strikes are one of the primary reasons so many hate us in that part of the world. They strike so quietly and devastatingly to strike terror into innocent citizens of those Middle East countries. Yes, we are known by some … Continue reading U.S. Reveals Death Toll From Airstrikes
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