What does it mean to be mature? Are there certain levels of maturity to which we should ascribe? What is maturity anyway? Well, according to one source that I checked, “Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate [...]
Archive for the ‘Stupidity’ Category
When do we mature?
Posted in Accountability, Changing yourself, Opinions, People, Stupidity on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The brown and white sticks
Posted in Addiction, Life, Opinions, Smoking, Stupidity on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
People who smoke cigarettes are a pain in the ass! I should know; for 51 years I was one of them…and I know in my heart of hearts that I was – and probably still am – a pain in somebody’s ass. Smoking has already taken the woman I love to an early grave. It [...]
Muscling up
Posted in Addiction, Athletics, Changing yourself, Exercise, Goal setting, Opinions, Stupidity on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Had a comment on the blog the other day. It came from a 15-year old. “Can you tell me how to get ripped and have bigger biceps?” I wasn’t certain whether to laugh, cry, or just throw it in the SPAM folder. In addition, the article which prompted him to ask the question had nothing [...]
Have to meet Jenna
Posted in e-mail, Opinions, Personal, Stupidity on December 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I really can’t stay long today. I have to go meet Jenna Jameson, although I can’t imagine what the former “queen of porn” would ever want with an old man like me. Perhaps she just wants to watch me cry. I actually had to look on Wikipedia to learn who she was. They list her [...]
Rules are rules, Mr. Mayor
Posted in Bureaucracy, Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Opinions, Rules, Stupidity on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I understand it, rules are made to be obeyed. Silly little things like not being allowed to scream, “FIRE,” in a theatre to prevent people being injured in a stampede might actually sound stupid to a certain type of cretin. If, however, they were given access to the bodies stacked up like cord wood [...]
Moderation at all levels
Posted in America, Congress, Demonstrations, Facist, Human behavior, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Philosophy, Politics, Stupidity on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not a Socialist. “Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not a Trade Unionist. “Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – Because I [...]
In love with college athletics
Posted in Athletics, Honor, Integrity, Opinions, Philosophy, Racism, Stupidity on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a great fan of college athletics. Following the beauty of summer there are few things I look forward to more than Saturday football in the fall. Author and literary critic, Paul Fussell maintains that, “The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.” Egad, and here I was [...]
Over a button?
Posted in America, Bureaucracy, History, Honor, Integrity, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Politics, Stupidity on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hooray for Sean May, Trevor Keezor, and everyone like them. They refused to remove buttons that displayed the American flag. In Keezor’s case, the button with the flag also said, “One nation under God.” By so doing, it got them fired. May was fired by Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. While he maintains [...]
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 [...]
