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Friday, May 11, 2012

Writing for no reason...

Is not what I want to do. It seems the past few days have slipped by in a whirl and I have been living life rather than writing about it. Along the way, a few observations have crossed my mind. The job search is not going well. Employers tell me the same story, business is flat, they don’t need help... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Another Sunday

Yet another Sunday sits squarely on my chest, glaring down and wondering, “aren’t you going to get anything done today?” Well, sure, I managed to sleep in clear till 8:30. Check that off the list. Then I made coffee, read the funnies, well a few of them, I’m saving the rest for later. Next I tackled... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

What cost education?

With so many jobs today demanding a college degree, who can afford not to get one? More correctly, who can afford to get one? Getting a loan for college is a necessary evil, since where would a high-school senior come up with that kind of money fresh out of school? Pushing fries doesn’t pay that... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Blind ambition

Winning at all costs seems to be the political game played these days. Both parties trump up their positions, seemingly forgetting that they are supposed to represent us, not the other way around. Recently I got yet another survey from a major political party. Suffice it to say they are probably... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Time travel made easy

How can that be? Simply put, we are traveling through time all the, well, time. Sure, right about now you feel like the guy buying a car who just found out a spare tire is extra. You suspected it all along you just didn’t figure someone would go “in your face” with it. When I travel to the past, my... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

North Korea and its ugly little rocket

I wrote this last night, but then didn’t post it. While most of the nations around this earth seem to be growing more mature, North Korea is firmly entrenched in the “terrible twos” phase of development. A land of starving people, waving pink flags on demand and kow-towing to their “dear leader” of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The problem, the solution, the problem with the solution

Once again I am whining about things. The problem: A lot of devices we have in our lives these days take batteries. Batteries do not last forever and so we have to constantly re-supply ourselves. Batteries are also environmentally unfriendly, so we are doubling our costs in the long run. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Bullying

There have always been bullies. I imagine there always will be. So why is it worse these days than it has ever been? The schools bend over backward to teach “touchy-feely” subjects to maintain self-esteem but those lessons apparently fall on deaf ears. The new movie that deals with this subject is... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Medicare made easy…

Is not a headline you will see anytime soon. I just finished signing up. I understood it about as well as one is able to at the time but don’t ask me about it this morning. Lets break it down, there is original Medicare, which would be fine if you never got sick or had to use it. It has part A and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The domino theory and health care

Sometimes called “the slippery slope” this idea postulates that once something is started, it cannot be stopped, that like a row of dominos, one will fall into the other until the whole row is gone. This argument has been used to justify the Viet Nam war and is now being trotted out against the... Sign in to see full entry.

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