I’m sure you, to one degree or another, likely agree with the title of this post. Old people are simply not tech-savvy to any degree. When I suggested to the management here at my RetCom (retirement community) home that we … Continue reading Myth #37 – Old People Don’t Do On-Line
There seems to be a very basic problem in our society today, and that is our ability to listen to each other. I chose the graphic above for this post because it reminded me of the basset hound who was … Continue reading The Power of Listening…
I can only say one thing about the title above. GET OVER IT I know all you Millennials and GenZers are used to getting all us Baby Boomers savings for free, but I have to inform you that is not … Continue reading PANIC!! – The Interest Rates Are Above 3%!!
I took this picture a few weeks ago when I was visiting the Finger Lakes region of New York. I kinda think it deserves an Arsty status, and the grapes were delicious. Continue reading Oh, The Finger Lakes…
To me, the statement “Let nature take its course” is kinda synonymous with “It’s in God’s hands”. Saying that seems to put some people at ease for not doing something personally to solve the problems of the world. Another is … Continue reading If We Let Nature Take Its Course, We Would All Be Dead of Cholera or COVID
As most of my regular readers know, I am currently focusing my studies on among other things, philosophy. I know that is pretty boring stuff to most of you, so I promise I won’t do too many posts on that … Continue reading Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post about trying to start up a new activity here in my RetCom (retirement community) that is focused toward us guys. Yesterday I talked about two possibilities: woodworking and model building. Today’s post is … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 3 – Finally, The Project
I have been in my RetCom home for 14 months now, and am slowly making some friends here. Being deaf and having Aspie traits has made that process difficult as it has for most everything in my last 35 years. … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 2 -Let’s Build Stuff”
Before I get into the basic idea for this 3-day series about Retirement Community Life, I need to give you a little basic background. “Just the facts” as Joe Friday used to say on the TV show Dragnet. Most RetComs … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men Part 1: Just The Facts…
I have visited over 40 State Capitals in my travels around the U.S. and this is one of my favorite pictures. It is from the Capital Building of Connecticut in Hartford. I visited there during my recent trip through that … Continue reading EPS – Favorites
Progress has been slow in this endeavor to learn how to sketch. Maybe I am too impatient to wait out being accomplished at it. Or perhaps I just don’t think I will, with the time left for me, ever be … Continue reading Artsy Saturday – Learning To Sketch Lesson- An Update
It is tragic to me how many people take our democracy for granted. They just can’t be bothered to, once every couple of years, take an hour out of their time to vote. Presently, an extreme minority has a strangle … Continue reading If Everybody Voted…
I can’t cite you chapter and verse, but I know somewhere in the Bible it says that we are to obey our masters and to satisfied with our place in life. Since this sounds very contrary to the words of … Continue reading I Command You To Be Satisfied…
For the vast majority of my existence, I have always believed that my commitments have dictated that I live on other people’s terms. In the last year or so, I have reached that point where I can live as I … Continue reading For The First Time In My Life…
When I create something beautiful, I know it immediately, and it gives me great pleasure. That is what gives me joy in my life. I believe I have created Beauty in many forms: Then there is the beauty that I … Continue reading Beauty Is A Feeling, More Than Anything Else.
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