Reflections from a Widower

As a widower the last 1 1/2 years I have learned the following: 1) When it comes to my feelings, I am not alone. Every widow/widower is going through the same thing. Every one who survives the loss of their conscience, their...

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Unfair Onus

Sometimes a person with a brain has to cry foul:I do now!I do not even want to enumerate the number of times Black people have tried to put some onus on me because my ancestors owned slaves.1) These were my ancestors! Why are you...

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Would it matter?

In recent times, I have seen movies and documentaries letting the world know about women contributing to such things as the efforts to fight WWII and the space program because of their intellect, mathematical prowess, or...

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Pathetic Fat Man

Sad Realization: I still judge people too often based upon weight. Why is this sad? Because I am a Fat Man; I have always been Fat; even after bariatric surgery, I am Fat: I have been teased and discriminated against for...

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Equality

Some people have, justifiably, been questioning some of my posts (here and on FB) regarding my opinions regarding equality. In particular as it relates to Title IX and Affirmative Action. I get it. Anyone who champions...

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Am I fooling myself?

After posting Worthless I started thinking about whether or not I could even hold my own again. Ego says I could but I am almost 10 years past it. Here is what I THINK. I learned 19 programming languages during my career and...

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Worthless

When I left my job, one aspect of my last 10 years of software tools was conservatively valued as an asset on the corporation’s books. You do not know how rare that is for a programmer’s work, especially in the modern world...

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Gone but not forgotten

I am an old man. I am a widower. Let us be absolutely honest. I will never encounter a vagina or breast up close an personal again. I will never enjoy , worship, and (yes) salivate on the physical particulars of the female...

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Knight in Shining Armor

On the day I asked Sandy to marry me she surprised me by giving me a card with a little statue of a knight in shining armor. She said that hat this was how she thought of me, and this was before I asked her to marry me. I...

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