We are in almost total lockdown at my retirement community now. The dining room is shut down, and they have even stopped chauffeuring people to the local college basketball games. That was the one exemption that was left after last … Continue reading RetComLife #25 – LOCKDOWN!!
A recent study found that the people with higher IQs have more stable interactions between regions of their brain. This seems to back up the general thought among the specialists in studying intelligence agree on. Simply speaking, high intelligence is … Continue reading High Intelligence And Asperger’s
As mentioned in the previous post in this series, I have discovered the hard way that happiness can never happen when you become fixated on your unhappiness. I think this post will be the end of this series, as I … Continue reading Happiness #9 – Conquering Unhappiness
What makes you think that you are not a figment of my imagination?? RJ Walters I have been reading a lot of philosophy stuff lately, and have come to the conclusion that all of this nasty stuff going on today … Continue reading What Makes You Think…
This is a new Special Series here at RJsCorner. It will be ten posts long and cover the things on the poster to the right.. Life’s Rules is about “being” a good person and a world citizen and caretaker. It … Continue reading Life’s Rules #1 – Prepare To Learn
This is my 5,000th post here on RJsCorner. When I started this blog fourteen years ago, I never imagined that I would write so much. Five-thousand, 500 word posts equals to about 28 novels, or 3.3 Bibles! I didn’t know … Continue reading 5,000!!
Today’s post of my view of my retirement community is about the latest lockdown and how my community is communicating with the residents. The Omicron version of COVID-19 has much of the country running scared right now, and my retirement … Continue reading RetComLife #24 – Lockdown & Communications
I’m just not a “manly” man. I’m not afraid to say that. It doesn’t hurt my ego at all. In fact, I am quite proud that I have many feminine characteristics. One of those is that I love the “Anne … Continue reading Finding Your Kindred Spirit
Ok, with this post, I am going to give you a personal secret on how I have finally became a happier person. No, I don’t think I have achieved total happiness, but I am on my way to it. I … Continue reading Happiness #8 – Doing What Makes You Come Alive…
I have been a regular user of the Firefox web browser for a few years now, but I recently tried Microsoft’s new browser tagged as “Edge”. It finally won me over. I am an Apple guy to my core and … Continue reading Just Browsing Around…
As promised on my December 23rd post, this is the first in a series about Stupidity. It might seem strange to make this topic for a weekly series, but stupidity has serious connotations for our times, as it did during … Continue reading Understanding Stupidity #1 – The Origins Of This Study
I am enjoying a high-level view of various philosophers through the ages. Aristotle is perhaps my favorite, but Francis Bacon has recently come to my attention because of his view on adversity. Some of his words on that topic are … Continue reading Philosophers Look At Adversity
Some people think the two words in the title above are the same thing. My wife was one of them, and of course, I was the opposite. It wasn’t until the end of her life that I found just how … Continue reading Challenging vs Threatening?
Here I am in post #23, and I have yet to talk much about what lifecare means. So, here goes There are thousands of nursing homes that dot the country. I am willing to bet that they are in at … Continue reading RetComLife#23 – Life Plan Communities
I know the title above probably confuses you, but if you think about it, (and are smart 😎), you will realize that the phrase is true. Let’s look at Jeff Bezos to see how that works. Bezos is worth over … Continue reading Smart People Are Actually Wrong – A Lot
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