It’s an interesting topic and one that has been posed by WordPress. If you were to go back and change something about your education, wouldn’t you first have to return to your childhood and change something about yourself? “Oh, if I only knew then what I know now,” doesn’t really hold water, because how would [...]
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Name one thing you wish you could go back and change about your education.
Posted in Athletics, Changing yourself, Choosing a college, Education, Family, Goal setting, Opinions, Values on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The changing of the American Dream
Posted in Accountability, America, Congress, Demonstrations, Family, Greed, Human behavior, Opinions, Politics, Racism on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I find it interesting that the “Occupy” protesters have become just like the people in Washington, D.C. They began with a wonderful purpose and now they have degenerated into a mob without purpose, infiltrated by those hell-bent on merely having vandalistic ‘fun.’ The detritus they are leaving in cities like New York, Boston, Oakland, and [...]
Dying isn’t the problem
Posted in Death, Family, Gardening, Giving thanks, Growing old, Human behavior, Laziness, Life, Love, Opinions, People, Personal, Senior citizen, Stupidity, writing on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are several problems with aging aside from the most obvious. You don’t know what the most obvious is? No, the most obvious is not death, believe it or not. Hell, we’re all going to die. That’s one of those things that you don’t even consider in the problem category…just a fact of life. The [...]
On becoming part of a whole
Posted in Accountability, Altruisim, America, Beauty, Crime, Diversity, Family, Giving thanks, Goal setting, God, History, Holidays, Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Law & Justice, Life, Love, My Beloved Country, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Racism, Religion, Senior citizen, Stupidity, Team building, Terrorism, Trust, Values, Vegetables on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, good, I have my own civil rights group. I never realized that. I think I’ll ask them to picket my doctor’s office. Ya see, at six-one, two-fifty, he calls me really obese. Now when I look at myself in a full-length mirror (ego does that to ya, ya know), I don’t think I compare [...]
Love and happiness
Posted in Altruisim, Death, Family, Growing old, Health care, Human behavior, Integrity, Life, Love, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy, Values on September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“I love Mommy and Daddy this much,” as the arms spread to their fullest possible length. Let’s see; that lasts until…umm…oh, I don’t know; maybe seven or eight? Whadda ya think? Nowadays, does it even last that long? I grew up in the fifties. We loved our parents a lot longer then, I think. Granted, [...]
Angie’s gone
Posted in Death, Family, Life, People, Personal, Values on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Angela died last night; Susan e-mailed me about it this morning. I guess now Angie’s story can be told. I don’t know all of it, nor should I, but she told me just enough to make me realize how fortunate I was to grow up in a loving home. Oh, sure, we had some tough [...]
No day at the beach
Posted in Death, Family, Health care, Love, Opinions, Personal on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is something of an open letter to anyone who is a care giver to a loved one dying of cancer. I’ll probably get all preachy and stuff, but pay no mind to that…I’ll try not to do too much of it; I just get carried away sometimes. Before you think I don’t know my [...]
Visiting Joan
Posted in Family, Human behavior, Life, Love, Opinions, Personal on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I visited my wife today; brought her a yellow rose…her very favorite. The florist had put it in one of those vial things, along with some baby’s breath and a couple of greens. Then they wrapped it in clear plastic and tied it with a white ribbon. I dug around a bit and put the entire [...]
Keep it to yourself
Posted in Family, Human behavior, Life, Opinions, Personal on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Does the latest revelation mean that one cannot be a success in life unless one is physically, mentally or sexually abused as a child? Between Scott Brown, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and several other big name ‘celebrities,’ I begin to wonder if perhaps I missed something that would have made my life more [...]
