Until just this week, I had an employee, a Mr. Surly, a foreman who was extremely talented and good at what he did. The quality of his work was impeccable. This talent and capability covered a multitude of other shortcomings, which chiefly consisted of a growing and ultimately complete inability to get along with anyone…
I will complain a bit about the cold weather, if you don’t mind. I will complain a bit if you do. I want to complain about it and will not be deterred. If you are satisfied with the weather, then turn the page, or rather, in modern parlance, hit the back button. If you are…
I have been reading about Middle-Eastern troubles. There is much I wanted to say about them, but I came to the conclusion that people have been contemplating Middle-Eastern troubles for thousands of years and while my analysis may hint at some relevance to the situation there, I perhaps think more highly of myself than I…
What a question! Yet, that seems to be a question that is being asked of many. It is the moment’s meme. Why would science need my belief? It begs the question. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who, by the way, did not finish college, much to the apparent concern of former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and…
I cannot seem to get anything written, not because of the lack of desire to write, or an absence or words, but because there’s simply nothing that needs to be said. After forcing myself to fore-go politics, though I am passionate about politics, I have lost my desire to write about it. I would prefer…
There was no bigger star in the 1950s than Jackie Gleason, who was called “The Great One” by many of his peers. I first became aware of Jackie with his mid-60s variety show hosted in Miami Beach, and through re-runs of The Honeymooners. If you take early television and mention Jackie, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny,…
Having nothing to say doesn’t seem to be a malady many suffer from, but I think this perception is deceptive, since, not hearing from them, they get no attention. There’s lots of folks who have something to say, say it, and never get heard from again, having said it only within the confines of their…
We all have something to say, and that’s important, though few of us have anything to say that’s as important as our perception leads us to think. I read through some of WordPress’ Editor’s Picks for 2014. I was more than a bit disappointed. Of course, nothing I wrote made it into the top ten…
Fatigue is part of CLL. So is bone pain. So is a compromised immune system, night sweats, and a host of other maladies, some of which can be chalked up to CLL, and some simply exacerbated by being closer to sixty than to fifty. I have been too tired for too long, and had taken…
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. St. Augustine Ever try wading through Augustine’s City of God? His Confessions? I have and still do. Augustine used more words than they made words. He likely invented several. That’s OK…I do it all the time, too. This Christmas Eve is…
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