At various times in my life I wanted to be a teacher. I never pursued it. At the time, the primary restriction was that education. It always was, even though that restriction became easily overcome in later years. But I was...
Category - Observation
Just a thought on Republicans: I do not have any issue with Republicans. I usually disagree with their point of view, not always, but usually. They generally look at the world from a more negative point regarding people and a...
I was just thinking. It seems like just a few years ago, but it was a couple of generations, when there was a TV series called “Cagney and Lacey”. It was not aimed at me, a male, and consequently I did not watch...
I have waxed poetically about the NRA in various posts, both here and on Face Book. Quite often I have lamented the fact that the NRA has changed over the years from the benign organization that promoted gun safety and hunting...
When I was younger, there was a product called Ice Milk that was sold in all of the grocery stores. I was essentially Ice Cream that was made with milk instead of cream. Now I am sure that some people were concerned with the...
I have often thought back on how different my life would have been if Bobby Kennedy had not been assassinated. Not how the world would have been different; that is and has been a subject for another conversation. I am speaking...
I was thinking about my old high school teacher, Sidney Long. I used Facebook and found he is still living in Fort Bragg, California. He has to be in his late 70’s so I hope that he is doing well. It got me to thinking...
How little did I know that when I wrote my blog post on The N-Word not so long ago that I would be posting so soon about the same subject. Nor did I think I would be posting regarding someone I really do not great deal of...
I was looking at another list of “The Best …” As usual, I come across a conundrum. When any “best of” list contains someone or something that is contemporary it inevitable makes the list suspect. How...
We are soon going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, the War to End All Wars. I am not going to wax long and hard on how ironic that is. After all, many others have done so, ad infinitum. Instead...