On Just About Everything
Fourth Street Live in downtown Louisville Kentucky is a jumping place indeed. It is one of the more successful attempts to integrate entertainment into downtown areas. If you are in the area it is well worth staying the night to take in all the sites there. Continue reading Fourth Street Live…
After months of speculation, Sylvester Stallone has finally announced the title for the fifth (and seemingly final) “Rambo” movie, “Rambo: Last Blood.” Stallone will be returning to another familiar franchise this month. He also tweeted that he’s headed to Philadelphia to play Rocky Balboa for the seventh time SOURCE: Sylvester Stallone Announces ‘Rambo 5′ Title. Is there anyone really interested in an almost 70-year-old Rambo? Come on!! He is older than I am for God’s sake. I wonder how many of the 17-29 year olds will flock to the theatre to watch Rambo 5? I think I can probably count them … Continue reading Grandpa Rambo???
Chicago, IL – ?? I’m not sure exactly where this pic was taken but I think it was at the Museum of Science and Industry. Scale modeling, especially the railroad variety is a very popular hobby for many, especially among … Continue reading In Control Of Your World…
This photo was taken in a mine pit in Wyoming or Montana. Not sure which? Continue reading Mining
Seattle, WA I have never understood why it is called a Space Needle but it has become the symbol for Seattle. We, like most tourists went to the top for a view of the city when we were there in … Continue reading Space??
Fort Ticonderoga played important roles in several eras of American history. It was a strategic point in the control of the Hudson River Valley. Continue reading American Forts…
I have been meaning to study more about the Muslim world. I know it rivals Christianity as the largest religion in the world. Here are some supposed facts I recently found about it from a recent on-line article. Click the source below to see the complete article. 1. There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. 2. European Muslims are more moderate on sharia law. Eighty-four percent of Muslims in South Asia, 77 percent of percent of Muslims in Southeast Asia, and 74 percent of Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa believe that sharia law should be official … Continue reading About Islam and terrorism…
The original photo for this rendering was taken on my first trip to Galena IL so I guess that makes it old but for a town that celebrates its age that is not a bad thing… Continue reading Old Time Galena
The “Great American Desert” as it was called at the time was opened up for settlement in 1862 by President Lincoln. The picture here was taken almost thirty years ago so I don’t really remember exactly where it was. Since … Continue reading Sod…
Fear is perhaps the most dominant emotion in our society today and it seems especially among white population in the southern States. Everyone outside that area recognizes that the “red” States are for the most part very conservative, rural, and fundamentalist Christian. When I came across this article over at Red Letter Christians it got my attention because it was from a woman who I would guess is from the South. She seems to genuinely want to help all southerners realize that much of their fears are not from themselves but from the lessons they have learned from those who came before … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Our Fears…
Borough of Manhattan, NYC I spent the better part of a week in Manhattan last year and took many pictures. This one is typical of most of them. This two by ten mile island is home to over 1.6 million … Continue reading Manhattan…
Of course this is my virtual desktop and not my physical one. Although they both represent my cluttered existence I guess. Chaos … Good News as far as complacency is concerned. Continue reading My Messy Desktop
By almost every measure, the Super Bowl is the single most popular sporting event in America today. More than 112 million people tuned in to last year’s game, making it the highest-rated television program of all time…. The National Retail Federation estimates that Americans will spend more than $12 billion on food, drink, game-related merchandise, and electronics — including 7.5 million new televisions — for game day. In all, 1.2 billion chicken wings, 79 million pounds of guacamole, 32 million slices of pizza, and 11.2 million pounds of potato chips will be consumed on Feb. 1, and it will all be … Continue reading How the Super Bowl ate America
Multnomah Falls, Oregon There is something mesmerizing about watching a water falls. This one in Oregon is perhaps the highest in America. Continue reading Falling Water…
My wife and I watched a DVR copy of the recent TV movie entitled “Amish Grace” last night. This is the movie about the man who shot ten girls in an Amish school house a few years back and then took his own life. Six of the girls died. The main theme of the movie was about forgiveness and not letting hate overpower you. The Amish community in Pennsylvania where it happened quickly forgave the man who committed the act and even helped the family of the murderer cope with the tragedy. As I have mentioned in the past the … Continue reading If God is Love Where Does Hate Come From?
Lexington, KY – Shaker Village The “Tree of Life” is a well-known Shaker symbol created by Hannah Cohoon at the Hancock Village in 1845. It reminds me of the Bible verse about the Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians). Continue reading Tree of Life…
I wonder what this structure has been during its life? Continue reading These Old Barns…
Yeah, as usual more guns are the answer…. but maybe the only one in this situation. ;) Thanks Chan Lowe for giving me a chuckle today Continue reading A Snippet Here, A Snippet There…
I recently read an article in my small town newspaper that our local library is getting ready to sell a $2,000,000 bond to increase and modernize its building space. This took me somewhat by surprise. In the age of budget cuts and downsizing it seemed strange that a library would get more funding when they say we don’t have enough to even fix our potholes on my county road. But then again bonds are something to be paid off in the future so the current public office holders don’t worry about them much. In this electronic age where Wikipedia is a couple … Continue reading More Money for the Library When There is not Enough to Fix Potholes??
Washington DC – Smithsonian What could be more American than the “Spirit of St. Louis”. Continue reading The Spirit…
You hear the weatherman talk about fronts all the time but I have never seen one as distinct as this one take in Ottawa Canada a few years ago. I wonder it is a northern exposure thing? Continue reading A Real Front…
Concierge care was originally conceived before Obamacare, and it revved up in response to the Great Recession as an escape hatch for doctors fleeing the status quo. The existing fee-for-service system pays caregivers a certain amount for each test, diagnosis and procedure–which, according to critics, encourages overtreatment instead of preventive wellness care. Qliance, along with a growing number of similar operations, aims to be more than an escape. It seeks to be the answer to the quest of health care reformers: healthier patients at a lower cost. Fix the way primary-care doctors are paid, the Blisses argue, and we can … Continue reading Cutting Out the Middle Man….
Youngstown, OH – Creativity Lets look at another pic from my Youngstown Historical Center visit. It isn’t immediately obvious what you are looking at so I will explain it. Working in the steel mills is dirty business so when the … Continue reading American Ingenuity..
Dearborn, MI – Hoosier Cabinet Indiana is known as the Hoosier State and the Hoosier Cabinet was once its most recognizable product. Hoosier cabinets were the baking center for many homes throughout the nation when bread was not readily available in … Continue reading Hoosier Cabinets…
This is a self-portrait of me and my hubby in downtown Louisville. It is untouched from the original Continue reading Self Portrait…
One of my resolutions for this year is to be more tolerant of other people’s beliefs. I do believe that Islam and those who follow it have a right to believe what they want about God. I also know that all the nuts out there today killing in the name of Islam are only using the religion as an excuse for rationalizing their ingrained hatred of so much of the world. I believe they no more represent the billions of Islamic followers than the KKK represents Christianity. But the problem with that is very much as shown in Paul Combs … Continue reading The Silence Is Deafening…
I see where the Greeks elected a new government this week to help them reduce austerity that was forced upon them by the European Union bailout. This reminded me of a book I read a few years ago entitled “Boomerang” by Michael Lewis. One chapter in the book was about Greece. The book is very enlightening and well written. Here are some selected snippets about Greece. The average government job pays almost three times the average private-sector job. The national railroad has annual revenues of 100 million euros against an annual wage bill of 400 million, plus 300 million euros … Continue reading About Those Greeks…
Jersey Shore, NJ When most people think of New Jersey that think of the mafia and gangsters but when people in the area think of it they think of the Jersey Shore. The State has done a good job of … Continue reading Jersey Shore…
Republican proponents insisted the new legislation would reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses and spur creation of new jobs. SOURCE: Houses passes bill easing rules regulating Wall Street – Yahoo News. I think every one of those GOPers in this new congress need to have the words above tattooed on their foreheads. Ok more realistically written on a Post-It note and stuck on the foreheads. I’m sure that mantra is going to be their reason for every bill they pass in the coming two years as it has been for the last couple of decades. But as usual there is … Continue reading Houses passes bill easing rules regulating Wall Street
Our 2011 month-long visit to Eastern Canada was a very enjoyable one for us. We spent days traversing along the St. Lawrence Seaway. This picture was taken on our last day on the River. The next day we will start over to New Brunswick. We spent the night in a “don’t drink the water” motel on the seaway. I couldn’t sleep on the very lumpy bed so I took my camera and headed to the shoreline just as the sun was rising and managed to take the original of this picture. Continue reading St Lawrence Seaway…
New York City – Sunset The World Trade Center will be forever etched into the heart of America. I had the pleasure of visiting there on a few occasions. This picture was taken from there on a January evening in … Continue reading NYC Sunset
Why did God go to all the trouble to create the universe? By any standards that was a massive undertaking. I am one who believes in the day age interpretation of the Bible. In the last century or so God has given us the scientific understanding to know that the creation of the universe took millions if not billions of years to complete. Why did he go through all that trouble? But for God a billion years might only be a day. Who know? One explanation for God creating the universe including the infinitely small corner of it called the Earth … Continue reading Earth As a Proving Ground??
Pittsburgh, PA – Museums Pittsburgh was the steel capital of the world for many years and of course Dale Carnegie was its king. The Carnegie Museum of Art is an impressive place to visit. Much of the “toys” he collected are … Continue reading Carnegie…
Pleasant Hill, KY – Calf Cows are very much a part of the heart of America. There are even more cows in Wyoming than there are people. You could say that cows settled the central plains states and then people … Continue reading Cows…
I frequently complain about how cold it is here in southern Indiana but I know that further north is gets much colder. This pic was taken north of Ottawa Canada during a visit there four years ago. I don’t know how long the house has been unoccupied but it shows its age… Continue reading Canadian Winters…
I knew the middle-class was dwindling but had no idea…. But as usual Congress will do the opposite… Continue reading All Six of Them…
SOURCE: Grand Canyon Looks Like a Winter Wonderland After Snowstorm | TIME. I have books and magazines of thousands of pictures that I wish I had taken. Yes I get very jealous of those who are so much better at seeing life than I am. Michael Quinn is one of them. I have taken probably hundreds of photos of the Grand Canyon and I will likely show some here, but none of them compare to this one. Continue reading A Winter Wonderland…
Wallace Idaho – Silver City Wallace Idaho is a small town in the upper skinny part of Idaho. It has less than a thousand people but a thriving downtown district. It was known as the Silver Capital of the country … Continue reading Wallace Idaho
Homestead PA – Steel City Homestead was perhaps the last of the giant mills to go down. It was on the Monongahela River and a place where thousands worked twelve hour days six days a week. And then came the … Continue reading Homestead…
I mean really, tell me again how people having access to health insurance is bad. Remind me again how the earth is invincible to mankind’s abuse. Explain to me why women don’t know what’s best for their own body. Why is it we need more guns again? I’ll be better off if we lower taxes on the rich? Please make the dumb people stop talking!!! SOURCE: Living Blue in a Red State. I usually look at Facebook each morning when I do my Web browsing and “Living Blue in a Red State” is part of that. I love this one. It … Continue reading Please make the dumb people stop talking!!!
Youngstown, OH – The Mill Steel mills were an important part of the Industrial Age of a century ago and Youngstown was very much a part of the legacy. If you are ever in the area I would highly encourage … Continue reading Youngstown History…
Youngstown, OH – Steel Town Let’s spend this week on ISOA looking at one historical center. This is a picture of a picture found in the Youngstown Historical Center of the conditions in the shantytowns that were close to almost … Continue reading Steel Mills..
One thing that has struck me and so many others as a very deadly thing to our country is the growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Another is how many in the rich category seem to be uncaring and even callous to those who don’t have the luxury that they have. That fact struck me at a personal level when we were recently on a visit with some relatives. I know the age old mantra to not discuss religion or politics at family get-togethers but sometimes we foolishly ignore that advice. During some discussions with a niece the … Continue reading What wealth does to your soul
Gridlock seems to be endemic within our political system here in the U.S. for decades now but never so much as it is today. Those guys in Washington just can’t get along no matter what the circumstances are. The solution to this problem seems insurmountable using any conventional wisdom of the day. So it is time to attack the problem with some “off-the-wall” thinking. If RJsCorner is anything it is about off-the-wall thinking, it is about viewing things for a different angle. So why not tackle this issue head-on. Why not be a “Fixer” at least in a metaphorical sense? Someone … Continue reading Gridlock Busters…The Genesis…
