Losing My Patience With Network TV & Slow Internet Connections

I don’t know about you but network TV just seems to be getting worse and worse, especially during these summer months. Everyone says network TV demise is imminent now so maybe this is the first signs. Yeah, there are still some quality shows around but for the most part it is getting junkier by the month. And those that are of a decent quality are … Continue reading Losing My Patience With Network TV & Slow Internet Connections

Racism, Hate, Privilege, Ignorance, Apathy – Which Is Worse?

I am going to give you my answer up front for this post. All the above pretty much come from the same place. Racism looks like hate, but hate is only one manifestation. Privilege says that you deserve things that other don’t. Ignorance shows that you don’t care about anyone but yourself and maybe not even yourself since you have stopped learning. Apathy says you … Continue reading Racism, Hate, Privilege, Ignorance, Apathy – Which Is Worse?

Freedom From Religion & Land Grabs

I know it seems like I have more bad stuff to say about the U.S. than good but that is only because I want it to be better and better. A couple of the things I most admire about my country is its principle of “Freedom of Religion” or maybe more as Jefferson intended “Freedom from Religion”. We simply will not tolerate one religion forcing … Continue reading Freedom From Religion & Land Grabs

For The Times, They Are A Changin…

I can see in the not too distant future a revolution coming that will make what us Baby Boomers created seem minuscule in comparison. Yeah, we had our days but now we seem to be more a source of the problems than solutions. Just look at our “Senators and Congressmen” who are stifling any possible change to keep our planet healthy or to live up … Continue reading For The Times, They Are A Changin…

Take My Wife – It Just Didn’t Work Out.

A couple in Hollywood got divorced. Then they got remarried. The divorce just didn’t work out. Take My Wife, Please! – Henney Youngman’s Giant Book of Jokes My wife and I are almost complete opposites, and we are getting worse as the years go by. Sometimes I am amazed that we are still together 34 after year! A part of the answer to that question … Continue reading Take My Wife – It Just Didn’t Work Out.

Pitchforks At The Castle… It’s About Time.

I know I am using a dated phrase when I say “Pitchforks at the castle”, but I imagine you get the idea. It is when we serfs are fed up with the actions of the landed aristocracy and demand change. If they don’t get it they burn down the castle. I kinda feel that we are about at that stage again. The top 1% control … Continue reading Pitchforks At The Castle… It’s About Time.

National Service… WPA Style

Let’s start out with a little history lesson here. In 1935 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt along with a Democratic congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act which resulted in the Work Progress Administration (WPA). That organization employed millions of job-seekers during the Great Depression to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. Part of the WPA that I am … Continue reading National Service… WPA Style

The Damaging Effects Of Extreme Wealth

I thought I would double-down on yesterday’s post and hit #CO3 again. After all, he won’t be around that much longer, (thank God). But this post is actually about extreme wealth and how it distorts those who are cursed with it. 🙄 The Trump clan like many multi-millionaire families has some pretty severe family issues. Wealth does to that people, especially inherited wealth. I think … Continue reading The Damaging Effects Of Extreme Wealth

A Little More About “Being”

I think I need to explain “Being” a little better than how I left it at on yesterday’s post. When someone asks you “What do you do?” I suspect that most often you identify with your “Earning” years. I would have said I am an engineer who develops software apps for an engineering division. While that may describe the final segment of my earning years, … Continue reading A Little More About “Being”

The Trimesters Of Life – according to RJ

I think of myself as among other things an amateur philosopher, psychologist, and altruist. I don’t mind putting my thoughts out there alongside the deep thinkers in these areas. This post is about what I have come to realize are the three basic areas of a person’s life, or at least my life as far as it has played out so far. But, I kinda … Continue reading The Trimesters Of Life – according to RJ

Maslow – The Psychology Of Being…

This is the introduction to a three part series on “Being”. To lay the foundation for this series I want to give you a brief look at Abraham Maslow’s theories of self-actualization. The last two posts will be about discovering who you are destined to “Be” as your self-actualized self. I spent several years in the 1970s trying to figure out just who I was. … Continue reading Maslow – The Psychology Of Being…

Take My Wife – We Were Meant To Be Together

It seems that people are always dreaming of finding their true companion in life. But there are so many angles that are played, it’s hard to figure out just how to do that. Take my wife…. please Seriously though, my wife and I are almost exact opposites except for one thing. We each have an extremely excessive share of orneriness. I think part of that … Continue reading Take My Wife – We Were Meant To Be Together

Mindless Mines In The Fields Of Life

I can’t imagine what it would have been like to have to run through a minefield on a daily basis. They say there are still thousands of unidentified mines around Vietnam that maim people today. I remember a PBS broadcast some time ago where a journalist went to Cambodia and talked to people whose children were killed by fifty year old mines. It touched on … Continue reading Mindless Mines In The Fields Of Life

Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 2

This is the end of this seven post series of looking at America from my personal perspective. It has been quite a story. This final episode will be speculating where we might be long after I am gone from this earth. As I have said before in this series, I am not predicting that anything I say here will actually happen. But, I am saying … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 2

Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 1

Here we are at the final “Into The Looking Glass” episode. But…in order to maintain my 500-word limit on my posts it will be in two parts. Tomorrow will be the last post on this insightful series. This period proves to be the most challenging for me in that I will try to give you some possible future for 2035 and beyond. I have been … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 1

Tipping Point, Breaking Point… Whatever You Call It

I have reached my tipping point with the current Oval Office occupant (#CO3). Maybe it is his 20,000th lie, I don’t know. I simply cannot stand to even see a picture of him now. I thought I could tough it out for four years. I was wrong!! But I did make it almost 90% of the way there. I guess I should be proud of … Continue reading Tipping Point, Breaking Point… Whatever You Call It

Symbiosis: The Art of Living Together

With this post I want to start out with a biology lesson. I kinda think that the word symbiosis will be much more common in the 21st century. After all that is the real basis for COVID-19. It is an organism that came from nature and interacts in a negative way with us humans. As the population of our planet grows and we infringe upon … Continue reading Symbiosis: The Art of Living Together

In To The Looking Glass – 2021-2035

I did some looking-forward in the last Looking Glass post in order to guess what the coming six months will look like. But this is the first post to go full-forward in that regard. Being the amateur futurist that I am I can see lots of changes during this fourteen-year period. Since I am also an optimist most of my predictions will be progressive and … Continue reading In To The Looking Glass – 2021-2035