5-17-19 Amigos. A few weeks ago I had another encounter with a highly illiterate person just fixing to graduate from Guyer High School. At the time, all I could think about was that in front of me was another human amoeba, and one not even Rolando could have loved: one with no supporting brain tissue […]
Nobody can ever say I let my life go by while sitting on my butt. Actually, I’m amazed I’ve managed to live thus far when so many around me didn’t make it. Lucky I guess or blessed. On the other hand, I never went hand gliding over enemy air space or sky diving with a […]
Some people are dazzled by all the new stuff. Not me. I’m more likely to be dazzled by something old that works the same as it has always has and that fortunately got left alone without any so called “improvements.” My son calls me old fashioned, but I beg to differ. Practical is what I […]
Every now and then somebody that I haven’t heard from in years calls and tells me something worth repeating. That was the case with Jim about two weeks ago. It seemed like a good story: simple and fun. So here it is for for everyone to enjoy. Link to the article in the Denton Record […]
I’m not going to say that all the talk of climate change is so much hot air and contributing to the overall effect, but I might . . . one of these days. Actually, it’s discouraging to read about all the conferences and protocols, letters of intent and student protest regarding climate change on the […]
What’s the point of expert advice if experts can’t agree on anything? That’s the question I asked myself after much reading about global warming and climate change. For the most part, any topic is that way: reasons for the American Civil War, reasons for crime, poverty, ignorance, homelessness, our immigration policy, our annual budget, who […]
Ok. So they were not millions of sheep, it only looked that way. I think I counted twenty thousand during my eight hour shift and was about to get sick when someone filled in for me. Still, twenty thousand is not easy to get to. The total for the day I was there was over […]
For a while now I’ve wanted to say something about listening. And not just listening, but actually trying to understand what other people are saying and why. I think listening is an art, like playing the piano: the more one practices, the better one gets. So, here’s my essay on the pages of the Denton […]
The article on the pages of the Denton Record Chronicle. https://goo.gl/3Ahcew Further thoughts on the subject. It continues to astound me that so many people claim to know something when in reality they “sense” something is one way or the other in what amount to a “feel” for things—thus procuring solid rights to an opinion on […]
When you read history you realize that what seems like news today is for the most part nothing new: the same stuff has been happening no different than today, other than time and place, for a long, long time. Take for instance, Socrates complaining about youth: “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, […]