I have always been proud to call myself a Baby Boomer. In fact, I am at the head of that herd. I have always been proud that we made changes to our nation that made America a better place to … Continue reading Tainting The Baby Boomer Brand!
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. … Continue reading Pitchforks At The Castle… It’s About Time.
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 … Continue reading National Service… WPA Style
I HATE WAR!! I wanted to say that up front in this post. If anything shows the potential for the extinction of the human species it is war. I am a lifelong reader of history and it is obvious that … Continue reading I Hate War!! …
I just need to step away from the idiocy in the Oval Office and the pandemic for a while. Starting today I’m going “off the reservation” for probably the next month or so here at RJsCorner. What you will see … Continue reading Going Off The Reservation…
I don’t know why this particular photo attracted me, but it was taken in Ft. Wayne Indiana during the Prohibition years of the 1930s. Working guys were denied their “legal” beer between 1919 and 1933 when the 18th Amendment was … Continue reading We Want Beer
It’s funny how some images and stories stick in your mind forever. That is what this post is all about. I remember where we lived but not particularly how old I was then this story happened. I think it happened … Continue reading Just Stories – A Cheese Sandwich
Just a quick snippet of good news. Finally, more retail establishments are requiring masks to enter their stores. Starting Monday all the stores I might visit on my weekly trip away from home are eliminating the mindless minefield of maskless people. That’s good news I couldn’t wait to share. Continue reading It’s About Time
I always get a good chuckle when I read about conspiracy theories. In most of them they give the conspirator much more intelligence that they would ever have. In that light I am giving you my conspiracy theory on how … Continue reading MAGA Master Conspiracy
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 … Continue reading A Little More About “Being”
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 … Continue reading The Trimesters Of Life – according to RJ
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 … Continue reading Maslow – The Psychology Of Being…
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 … Continue reading Take My Wife – We Were Meant To Be Together
I found this guy sitting on a post in my backyard recently. He told me he, along with several of his friends, is on his way to clean up the mess in Washington DC come this November 4th. Yeah, I’m … Continue reading On His Way To DC To Clean Up The Mess
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 … Continue reading Mindless Mines In The Fields Of Life
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 … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 2
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 … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 2035 And Beyond Part 1
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 … Continue reading Symbiosis: The Art of Living Together
I’ve been married 34 years now, so I have lots of stories about my wife that I want to tell here. So, that is going to be one of the topics on “Chill Out Weekends”. It will be entitled “Take My Wife”. That might seem like a weird title? But, we are a weird couple so that makes sense. But those words do have some history that I want to tell you a little about. Henny Youngman, who was famous for the title above was born in London England in 1906. He grew up in New York City and trained … Continue reading Take My Wife… Please
We made it to another 4th of July… Thank you Lord… I am holding off on all any celebrations until we have a reason to do so. Yeah, the pandemic has put a shadow on this day, but the current … Continue reading The 4th…
I have been living by this mantra for most of my life, always dreaming that my life will get better if I really want it too. But, since I have lived on this earth for more than seventy years and … Continue reading The Best Is Yet To Come?
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 … Continue reading In To The Looking Glass – 2021-2035
All my life I just can’t seem to feel joy the way I want to. I have called my down times depression but I don’t think that is the real truth. Trying to zero down to the core reason for … Continue reading The Root Of It All – Part 2
One of my primary mottos in life is to question everything. As you know that is one of the three things on my permanent header here at RJsCorner. Questioning everything is not limited to things I am told to accept without questions, they also include my current beliefs. That is what this two-part post is going to be about. The picture above does a pretty good job of visually describing how I see my life looking forwards and especially backwards. Because one life experience is just piled onto the top of others, there are no simple truths anymore. Your truth … Continue reading Getting To The Root Of It All … Part 1
This post originally appeared on my new blog at MyViewOfTheWorld, but since it has had some pretty dismal viewership there I decided to resurrect it here and put that blog in hiatus until I can figure out how to make … Continue reading Auto School – 1920 Style
For the most part my life has been pretty boring. I blame that on having my right brain squashed in my learning years! The nuns who taught me in grade school concentrated on Read’n, Write’n, and rithmetic. The small rural … Continue reading Right Brain Screaming
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
I am a list maker and planner, that is who I am, and due to my Aspie traits I put logical thinking above most emotions. In that regard, I realize that I will very likely outlive my wife by possibly … Continue reading Considering My Options For Future Living
It seems that the best argument that some have about not wearing a mask while in public is that it is “government intrusion into our personal lives!!!” They say they would rather die of the virus than wear a mask! … Continue reading Government Intrusion??
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…
I don’t really remember where the title came from for this post, but I kinda think that getting paid for pro bono work means much more than money. In my pre-retirement life I just didn’t have the time to do … Continue reading Life Stories – I Do Pro-Bono Work, If The Price is Right
It’s been quite a while since I posted on weekends here on RJsCorner. I needed the time away to get my head into the proper perspective. With this post I am starting weekend posts once again, but it will be … Continue reading Weekends Are For Chilling Out.
It’s about time to forget the pandemic for a little while and do a post on self-reflections. I don’t know how it happened but when I look in the mirror each morning the old guy that I see looking back … Continue reading Reflections In The Mirror…
I have a friend on Facebook who has been using that media to make sure we all know that police officers are good people and protesters, especailly those who loot, are not so good. I have been tempted to get … Continue reading Good Cop… Bad Cop
This is a personal perspective of the years between 2000 and 2016. This post is not meant to provide you with a high-level view of the world during this period. Instead, it is from the viewpoint of the 54-year-old to … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 2000 – 2016
I found this critter on the streets of Rapid City South Dakota. I love the artsy nature of this full-sized bronze. There were several others around that I will eventually get around to including them here. Continue reading Balancing Act
All the civil unrest because of the George Floyd murder has brought serious attention once again to police departments around the country. Numerous articles are floating around about the possible root causes for these types of incidents. One that stuck … Continue reading Corporations & Unions – The Same Tactic?
I love outside the box buildings. They spark my creative imagination. I love things that stretch your imagination, stretch your brain. For this post, I want to show you an “outside the box” art museum. I don’t think there is another … Continue reading Outside The Box…
The movie Soylent Green was made in 1973 about the coming apocalypse in 2022. According to some worldviews, that is what is happening now. All those big cities are paying the price for their decadence. They got what they deserved … Continue reading Where Is The Middle Ground?
I want to end this week’s posts with some less crappy stuff. Even for these times, it has been a spectacularly crappy week. The current Oval Office occupant (#CO3) has outdone himself with his stupidity. That is evident since even … Continue reading The Less Crappy Stuff… SpaceX
Let’s face it, in most major cities and even small and middle size ones police departments are coming under fire. There are just too many George Floyds happening. But then again, maybe with the certainity that any police abuse will … Continue reading Policing The Enemy or Protecting & Serving?
This is a personal perspective of the years between 1980 and 2000. This post is not meant to provide you with a high-level view of the world during this period. Instead, it is from the viewpoint of the 34-year-old to … Continue reading Into The Looking Glass – 1980 – 2000
With all my meltdowns lately, I have been looking for some way to let go of all the problems that I have no control over. It just seems that there is so much wrong with our country today that I … Continue reading Lighten Up!!
I remember June 8, 1970 very well. It was the day I joined the working world on a full time basis. I don’t know how that could have been so long ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. … Continue reading 50 Years Ago Today…
It’s been almost a month now, and I am getting disappointed in how my new blog is going. No one seems to want to look at the lighter side of life. 😩 If you have the time click on the … Continue reading I’m Getting Desperate
