John P. Weiss is one of my regular blog visits each week. I am envious of his sketching talents, and reading his stories help me to be a better writer. If you want to see one of his posts click … Continue reading The Thing About Conformity
I have been trying to get some of the folks here in my RetCom (retirement community) to think about putting their life experiences on-line so that others might learn from them, or at least be entertained by them. Some of … Continue reading Sharing Our Life Stories
I spend about an hour or so every morning reading the latest news. About 50% of that time is with U.S. sources, the rest is outside our borders. It’s nice to get a different perspective on the problems of the … Continue reading An Interesting Observation From Great Britain
Even though I am deaf, I am still folk music fanatic at least in my noisy brain that is. Far and away the most influential album of my life is the one above. I can’t tell you how many times … Continue reading I Am A Rock… And A Rock Feels No Pain
This is a new thing at RJsCorner which is primarily about quotes from people usually smarter than us, that are meant to teach us a little about life outside our boxes. Most quotes are taken from a larger document and … Continue reading Learning From Those Wiser Than Us
You can’t help it. Before you were born, you resided in a small space with no windows. That was your total world. After nine months of being there, you escaped but still to a box of your parent’s making. They … Continue reading Outside The Box…
For the last month or so I have been trying to figure out a way to change the fabric of RJsCorner. I’m sure you have also seen it but more and more of my posts lately have been about my … Continue reading Introducing 801 Words – A New Project
I must admit that there are a few others on my “biggest fear” list, but the most pressing one lately is boredom. I simply must have something to challenge me from day-to-day. I must have a reason to exist. I … Continue reading My Biggest Fear – Boredom
When I was paying almost $200 per month for my satellite TV service it always bugged me that half of that cost was used to buy the television rights to sporting events of which I watched none. I have been … Continue reading A La Carte
Sometimes I wish I could take back that time when I discovered I am an Aspie. I think that moment to some degree kind of ruined the rest of my life. But, perhaps the most damaging part of that was … Continue reading It’s All About Masking And Maybe The Medium…
I admit that before I made Rhode Island a primary destination of the recent New England trip I didn’t know much about the State, and what I thought I knew was basically wrong. So, in 500 words or less I … Continue reading The Mysterious Rhode Island Explained…
I have been struggling the last 16 months in the “alone” part of my life trying to figure out what I want from the years I have left. I have the resources to do almost anything I desire. I realize … Continue reading The Times, They Are a Changing… Again
Here is the most informative and best presentation about global warming that I have yet to see. I highly suggest you check it out. Continue reading The Story About Global Warming…
I wish there was a crystal ball that I could look into to take all my worries, anxieties, and depression about the future away, but like everything else in life, things are never that simple. Silver bullets just don’t exist … Continue reading Myth # 44: Crystal Balls & Magic Bullets…
I came across some statistics lately about the dining industry that I believe explain some about the problems of my RetCom’s (retirement community) dining problems of not being able to build a reliable waitstaff. There were many of them in … Continue reading RetComLife – Info About Waitstaffs
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