Since I have lived the largest part of my life as a scientist I have thoroughly come to believe that when facts clash seriously with beliefs then beliefs need to be modified. I know the current Oval Office occupant doesn’t believe in facts, to him everything he doubts must be fake news and sadly his loyal base blindly accepts that line. That is one of … Continue reading Between Fact and Belief…
I want to kick off this re-formatted “Seeking Wisdom” category here on RJsCorner with Thomas Jefferson. He is one of my primary sources of wisdom. He was an idealistic rebel of his times. Even by his compatriots, he was considered a writer for the ages. He was a young man when he was drafted to write the Declaration of Independence. Some believed him to be … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson, American Hero
In a recent post, I declared myself as living a joyous life of a nuanced skeptic. This post will flesh out that description as to make you even more confused. 🙂 Now in my old age, I am convinced that it takes almost a lifetime to determine just what your personal essence is. We can all describe ourselves at various points in our lives but … Continue reading My Essence Statement – Who I Am
With this post, I am instituting a new post category called Snippet. This is where I send you a short note about what I have been doing. With this snippet, I wanted to tell you I just added a new gallery over at MyViewOfTheWorld Photo site. I think you just might like it. It is from my 2011 month long trip up the St. Lawrence … Continue reading Snippet – Canadian Countryside @ MyView…
I know a good portion of my readership are seniors like me. So, I imagine that they know what the title is all about. But for my younger readers, Studebaker was one of the few carriage makers who successfully transformed into an automobile maker in the early 1900s. It seemed that most of them just wanted to throw an engine on the carriages in place … Continue reading Studebaker…
I have written several posts here at RJsCorner about needing another option for a political party in the US. I have not been timid about my feeling that neither of the current parties represents what I believe America should be about. After the recent mid-term elections I have come to see that a 3rd party option is just not a solution to our problems, at … Continue reading Progressives Have A Lot To Learn From The Radical Right
I seem to get a fair share of email and comments about my “religion” posts here at RJsCorner and also over at RedLetterLiving. Some are in agreement, some take the post where I never intended it to go. And then there are others who assume that I hate religion and see me as attacking what they hold as sacred. In this post, I want to … Continue reading A Nuanced Skeptic & Religion
Crystal Bridges is an art museum in Bentonville Arkansas created by the Walton Foundation. It gets 3 million visitors a year and is free admissions. It is a celebration of American artists including significant contributions from Native Americans. For this Artsy Saturday, I want to give you some photos of the buildings themselves. They are works of art and deserve their own accolades. If you … Continue reading Crystal Bridges
Let’s face it, we can’t simply ignore the problems and hope they go away. That seems to have worked for a long time but in reality, it has just allowed the problems to fester and get worse. America is collapsing and if we don’t do something about it soon, it just may be too late. Just because we have gone-to-the-edge before and survived doesn’t mean … Continue reading More Myths Americans Need to Unlearn About America
For this “Seeking-Wisdom” post, I want to try and bust a few bubbles before diving into this category much further. We all must recognize that the inspirational figures in our lives are for the most part like all of us in that they are multifaceted. They have characteristics beyond those that inspire us. For instance, Thomas Jefferson is one of my top sources of seeking … Continue reading Seeing Them For Who They Are…
Like most of us, people often ask me who I am? When we are in our employment years we often answer with our current occupation. For me, that was an IT/Database developer. Depending on who is asking we sometimes give a different answer. But in reality, it takes years and often an entire lifetime to determine who we really are. Throughout our lives, we struggle … Continue reading Who Are You??
I wanted to visit Greenfield Village once more before we close out another year. This visit is a gallery that shows no evidence of the 21st century. That is one thing I truly enjoy about Mackinac Island, no cars allowed). Nantucket is a great place to visit but it is kinda ruined by all the cars that have flooded the island. Anyway, here is my … Continue reading Greenfield Village Re-visited…
Actually, I’m waiting for the first one to drop on this whole Trump fiasco. Meuller has been investigating this crooked swamp for what seems like an eternity. It is more a question of how many felonies were committed during his campaign and since, not if. The anticipation is nerve-racking. I know, given that he still controls the Senate that impeachment is impossible but just seeing … Continue reading Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop…
For my winter 2018/2019 project, I have decided to study the topics of philosophy and spirituality and how they intermingle. I am starting out this study by reading a book entitled “Belief without Borders” by Linda A. Mercadante. I will be putting out numerous Sunday posts about it in the coming weeks. Associated with that study, I have also been visiting some of my more than … Continue reading Churches Are Misleading….
For this Artsy Saturday, I want to present to you the tag banner that will be used for future Artsy Saturday posts. I have had an artistic tsunami this week so I now have graphics for each type of post going forward. 🙂 My header above shows the seven daily topics going forward here at RJsCorner. I am trying to diversify my neighborhood so it … Continue reading Be Artsy
We in America have a pretty inflated belief that we are the best in the world at everything we do. Why else would we stick our noses into so many other countries’ affairs? We have military bases in over 50 countries in the world. How many other countries’ bases are in the US? We think and maybe at one time we actually did have the … Continue reading Myths Americans Need to Unlearn #2
I am still refining my new format for RJsCorner and that will probably be an on-going process for months to come. 🙂 When I first set up the weekly post categories I deemed Thursday as American Heroes but pretty quickly decided that was just too confining for what I intended. After a couple of days of contemplation, I decided to make Thursday the day I … Continue reading Inspiration
I am bound and determined to not give up hope here on RJsCorner. I will just not let the current times and the occupant of the Oval Office and his cronies deprive me of hope. But, offering hope is a hard sell, especially now. I have seen so many of my blogging friends who have gotten totally negative about the world today. They, and sometimes … Continue reading Offering Hope Is A Hard Sell…
Last Saturday’s “Artsy” post gave you a snapshot of our trip to Cleveland earlier this year. This post will put some flesh on those bones. 🙂 Our first extended visit to Cleveland was in 2013. We were visiting a couple of my high school classmates of fifty years ago. We took in the downtown area and most of the usual tourist places during that trip. … Continue reading Cleveland – A Different View
I guess I have to say something about this past election. It was sweet in some ways but bitter in others. The sweet The Democrats now control the House of Representatives and the diversity of that body is improving. Come January 1 there will be thirty more women in the house than there was the day before. The graphs below tell the story. The disparity … Continue reading Party Over Principles??
For the first “Artsy Saturday” post at the reformatted RJsCorner, I chose the Coastal Taco in downtown Cleveland Ohio. The picture was taken just after sunset from our room at the very eclectic Aloft Hotel. As you can see the restaurant was under a very large bridge going across the Cuyahoga River near Lake Erie. The food was pretty good and the inside atmosphere was … Continue reading Coastal Taco – Cleveland
I need more balance in my life and especially in my blogging. Part of my base character that is associated with my Asperger’s traits is I tend to become obsessively focused on something and everything else just falls by the wayside. The day-to-day insanity coming from the Oval Office along with the now weekly mass killings is putting me over the edge. I have to … Continue reading I Need More Balance…
Tomorrow is perhaps the most important election of my lifetime. It will determine if an extreme narcissist, habitual liar, con man continues to have free reign to do whatever he wants. Yeah, the tax cuts that the Republican party passed are having a temporary effect and the destruction of the regulations needed to prevent another meltdown have added a couple of bucks to the paycheck, … Continue reading Drinking the Kool-aid, Etal…
Umair Haque over at Medium.com certainly gives me much to think about lately. His recent blog post about the myths Americans need to unlearn will be the centerpiece in coming posts here are RJsCorner. I want to start out this series with the end of his post. Source: Eight Myths Americans Need to Unlearn About America I certainly get my share of those screamers who call … Continue reading Myths Americans Need to Unlearn…
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