Saturday, January 29, 2011
Just before coming to this blog, I worked on my poetry blog-- Neil's Poesy -- my first venture to expanding my graphics reportoire beyond the basics of fonts and italics. For some people, this may not seem like such a big deal, but graphics options is not something I naturally gravitate to. I was... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Civilization and the Progression of War
During many centuries of conflict in Europe, war was a gentleman's game--two brightly colored forces coming directly at each other and attacking each other. Prisoners were taken, too, but compared to more modern warfare this action was almost no more than a formal arrangement. At the time of... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Capitalism and the Charity that comes with it
I come here now to state how I view capitalism in harmony with helping people. Truly, in the very freedom of free enterprise, entrepreneurs have much capacity and willingness to create jobs for people so that their products or services may reap them a profit. Profits are not evil as some on the left... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Excited about Ayn Rand Book
When I read Ayn Rand's foreword to her book, We the Living, I was delighted about the enriching and philosophical agreeable reading ahead of me. I made the right choice of a Ayn Rand book. I saw the movie The Fountainhead and enjoyed it for what it was. I agree with Rand's conservative position for... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
For their Own Good
Upon watching War and Peace, a BBC movie miniseries, from Netflix, I observed the pervasive attitude held toward the Russian peasants. They were regarded as made for strenuous physical labor and incapable of anything else. They could not make independent decisions; they needed watching over. That... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Outraged by Unemployment Loafers
In today's economy, one cannot help but be sympathetic to the people who are unemployed. It is fortunate for them, they still have a way to meet their daily needs. However, with the good intention that was behind the establishment and practice of adminstrating unemployment compensation, there all... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Car Payments: Regular Installments or Random
I still have no car. I am looking but considering carefully. There are plenty of people who only believe in buying new. Then the car is reliable. The payments are high and may involve a number of monthly installments; nonetheless, the buyer feels secure that the car is relatively trouble-free. Then... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Backyard Mechanics and their Merciful Services
Today I went out to my dead car for the last time, to reclaim personal items. I had stalled on the highway on my way to a backyard mechanic from my workplace. He and his partner brought the car to his place and tried and tried to get the car to work but could not. He recommended that if I wanted to... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Throwing Everything at it except for the Kitchen Sink
High cholesterol: a hard thing to shake when one inherits that condition genetically. Statins is the medically touted solution to the problem, but I have been seeking other ways as much as possible so that I will not have to rely on them. I quit one doctor, because he kept prescribing me Lipitor in... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
No Role is too Small
In reading about resistance operations during WWII, I have been fascinated by the minutia of types of sabotage. Some groups, under tight and oppressive control by the Nazis could not do much, but the little they could do made a difference. I read about Norwegian sabotage operatives on a boat who... Sign in to see full entry.