All the other things about living life outside the main stream.
I thought I would use this Saturday’s post as a little lesson in deafness, mine at least… 🙄 When I started my engineering life in 1970 I had at least some functional hearing in my right ear. It was enough … Continue reading Deafness = Sounds of Silence… Nah
I don’t know why, but I am reminded again and again lately that the USA is just a “babe in the woods” of the world. We have a mere four hundred-year history and that’s not even enough to say we … Continue reading We Are A Teenage Country Who Think We Know It All.
The phrase in the title above comes from Friedrich Nietzsche who was a German researcher of philosophy in the mid 1800s. He was considered a child prodigy who unapologetically spoke his mind on a number of topics. I kinda live … Continue reading Adversity Builds Character
As usual David Brooks of the New York Times and PBS Newshour spurred this post by his words below This is a hard, exhausting time. But it’s also a pivot point. An idealistic generation is rising on the scene hungering … Continue reading Excessive Individualistic Culture?
I have come to realize that a significant portion of my viewers come through the WordPress Reader and therefore have never seen my About pages. Knowing where I have come from is pretty important to understanding my daily posts. So, … Continue reading About Me…
Why are we as a country, and maybe even a world, so split between empathy and apathy? Why is the chasm so deep between us in that regard? To me empathy is what Jesus came to teach us. He said … Continue reading Empathy vs Apathy
Before I get down to the crux of this post I want to tell you about one of the most heart wrenching books I have ever read. Its title was The Cry and the Covenant. The book was written in … Continue reading If Everyone Wore A Mask…
When a person is found guilty of reckless endangerment he can get up to a year in prison. That is the law. I’m sure sometime in the future this law will apply to those who willfully choose not to wear a mask in public places. Given the fact that, if the evidence proves true, pandemics will become much more prevalent in the future, it will likely happen soon.
Continue reading “Reckless Endangerment… And The Virus”
Because of my Aspie traits I have lived a good portion of my life feeling I am alone in this world. No one else seemed to see the world as I did. So, when in college in the 1960s I came across the words
I am a rock I am an island ... And a rock feels no pain An island doesn't cry.Continue reading “I Am A Rock, I Am An Island, I Am An Altruist”
There is a bible verse that Jesus says “the poor will always be among you”. Some branches of Evangelicals twist that verse to downplay his command to help the poor and to be your brother’s keeper. In this post I will twist it to say that those who are self-centered and empathy deficient will always be among us. This post is what to do about that.
Continue reading “They Will Always Be Among You…”
I’ve been thinking about what I will leave as my legacy. Everyone wants to believe that they left this world a little better off because they were here. That is what this post is all about.
Continue reading “Everyone Should Have A Place At The Table”
I am an avid Star Wars fan and have seen all the existing movies several times. The idea of the “force” and the “dark side” has always fascinated me. The concept of light vs dark has many aspects. With this post I will discuss another one of them.
Continue reading “Light vs Dark”
I heard the words in the title from a recent re-look at the movie series The Matrix and thought immediately how that should affect how we approach life, particularly during the current times. That is what this post is all about.
Continue reading “Everything That Has A Beginning Has An End.”
I didn’t know which name I wanted to title this post, so I gave you both. This post is about how my Aspie traits allow me to almost totally block out the world for hours at a time.
Continue reading “Laser Focus… In The Groove”
I just ran across this statistic from a medical professional website recently. Refuting that absurd claim is what this post is all about.
Continue reading “85% of Aspies Are Unemployed… What A Crock!”
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