Cartoon Tuesday – Having My Back
At some point all those blades will finally take him down. Couldn’t be too soon for me. Continue reading Cartoon Tuesday – Having My Back
Nightmares…
We seem to be facing crisis after crisis due primarily to some of us refusing to face facts that others are screaming are critical. There are two areas that stand out to me and that is what his post is all about.
Continue reading “Nightmares…”Painting with Words – Mesa Verde
I am a dreamer to my core; it is just who I am.That is simultaneously a curse and a blessing.I recognize how things are but imagine them to be better.There is no place better to do that than Mesa VerdeMy first visit there seemed almost spiritual.I could almost see my ancestors living their daily lives.How they got there no one really knows.Why they left is pretty much the same.The stone and adobe walls they built are still there.I touched them and dreamed I was among them.In their isolation they lived in peaceful harmony with nature.But that is kinda the Native … Continue reading Painting with Words – Mesa Verde
Cartoon Tuesday – NYC Clown
Rudy is certainly the right pick for #CO3’s personal lawyer. They are both equally crazy… :) Continue reading Cartoon Tuesday – NYC Clown
I’m Canadian, We Don’t Do “Proud
I’m pretty sure my roots go back to Great Britain, so maybe that is the reason I have such a kindred relationship with things Canadian. They still have the basic sense of being British engrained in them. :) The quote above is from Martha Atwood who is Canadian and the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
When I heard the quote in the title from her it made me think just how fundamentally different Canadians are from their southern neighbors. That and a photo gallery of my 2011-month-long visit is what this post is about.
Continue reading “I’m Canadian, We Don’t Do “Proud”Greta Thunberg…
This young lady has certainly taken world center stage lately. I just hope some inside the beltway are paying attention. But I kinda doubt it… I will have much more about her in near future posts. Continue reading Greta Thunberg…
We Shall Meet In a Place Where There Is No Darkness
I wonder if there are any of you who recognize the words above as being from the book by George Orwell entitled 1984. I took up this book to read again a few months ago but really haven’t gotten very far into it, but that is as it is. The book was written in 1948 and was about a fictional totalitarian society, where there is no freedom except maybe in one’s personal thoughts — and those are communicated to others at risk of imprisonment or death. We Shall Meet In a Place Where There Is No Darkness This George Orwell … Continue reading We Shall Meet In a Place Where There Is No Darkness
USPS ..to.. FDD
Everyone knows that the United State Postal Service (USPS) has been in financial trouble since the 21st century began. That is not surprising given that most financial transactions now take place on the Internet. I can’t remember when I last mailed a bill payment through them or much of anything else for that matter. This post is about what may just be the future of the USPS and that is as a FDD.
Continue reading “USPS ..to.. FDD”My Biggest Shock Upon Retirement!
Sometimes the journey into retirement just isn’t very joyous, in fact it can be a down right painful journey at times.
Like almost all of us I had many challenges in my early retirement years. I started my retirement from the corporate world at age 54 and like the cartoon above, I didn’t really have any retirement plan to guide me. The first few years were difficult but now after almost twenty years I think I have finally gotten most of it right.
This post is about the biggest shock among the many I encountered.
Continue reading “My Biggest Shock Upon Retirement!”Oh, Those Cartoons…
I envy many people for the talents they possess. Certainly, near the top are cartoonists. I wish I could do that but I simply don’t have the capacity for that endeavor. To kinda live through them I want to take Tuesdays to celebrate their work. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Continue reading Oh, Those Cartoons…
The Business Roundtable & The Three Legged Stool.
This post is about how an idea that died, or maybe I should say killed by corporate America is now new again. It seems that the Business Roundtable, which is a group of 188 CEOs has decided that corporations should be accountable to more than just its stockholders. The three-legged stool is finally being resurrected again, and none too soon.
Continue reading “The Business Roundtable & The Three Legged Stool.”Augmented Reality #11
This is an easy one. It is from New York City. Care to Guess?? Continue reading Augmented Reality #11
A Morning On The St. Lawrence Seaway.
It’s been eleven years since the Canada trip.How could time have flown by so fast?It was a month long adventure that I won’t forget.Especially that sunrise along the St. Lawrence Seaway.We were traveling in the hinterland between cities.We were determined to follow the Seaway to its source.It was getting dark so our attention was for a place to sleep.We feared we might have to sleep in the car.Then there suddenly a small sign on the side of the road.We were desperate so we took a chance.The person in the small shack labeled “Office” only spoke French.But his wife knew English.She … Continue reading A Morning On The St. Lawrence Seaway.
Dear Will:
They say personal letter writing is a thing of the past, but maybe that is something that has just been modernized via the electronic medium. Does it really matter that the message comes on a screen instead of paper and ink?
Continue reading “Dear Will:”Mandatory Retirement Age
There are times when it serves the interest of the population as a whole to have a mandatory retirement age in place. Some of the professions below are about mental acuity, some are about physical stamina. One thing they all share is that they serve the public at large.
Continue reading “Mandatory Retirement Age”Artsy, Fartsy…
I know I have put the above photo here before but I just think it deserves a Saturday artsy posting all by itself. It was taken in Montreal Canada in 2011. There was a second one just down the block. Yes, it is a real house but not an x-ray view. :) Continue reading Artsy, Fartsy…
Seeing The Possibilities
I am definitely a SciFi guy. I love watching almost anything in that genre. The Mad Max movies and that type of doomsday stuff is neat but I really get off on the things that show humanity on a positive note. I guess that maybe started with “Robbie the Robot” in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. By the time the Jetsons cartoon series rolled around I was totally hooked. I just love thinking about future possibilities.
Continue reading “Seeing The Possibilities”Understanding MAGA…
I have made it my quest lately to try and understand the MAGA folks who voted for the current Oval Office occupant. They surely are not set on destroying our country but what drives them? I got a partial answer to that from a recent Fareed Zakaria program on CNN.
Continue reading “Understanding MAGA…”Augmented Reality #10
I suspect some of you will know, even in its augmented mode, what this is and where it was taken. Any Guesses??? Answer coming soon. Now that summer is almost over (where did it go??) I am moving my artsy/augmented photos to Saturday again, and using Friday for more “Having My Say” topics. ;) Continue reading Augmented Reality #10
In Once Great Majesty
Just a simple picture for a dewey/foggy Friday morning. It was taken looking out my Study window. The maple tree on the right has definitely seen it better days. When we came here twenty years ago I thought of cutting it down. But I have since grown to appreciate her in her mature years. She is full of holes where large branches once resided that have now morphed into homes for many of the neighborhood squirrels. She is missing her leaves on top, but so am I. Continue reading In Once Great Majesty
What I Want To See…
I want to kick off this “The Next President” category here at RJsCorner with a post about what I want to see in the next president.
Here is my dirty dozen of wants for the Next President:
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