TRUSTWORTHY? [NOTE: This post is a long one. Grab a cup of coffee and reflect.] How can you be reasonably certain that you can trust a coworker? A friend? A spouse? Is there a way to prevent being used? If we could only answer that issue, maybe we could avert many problems at work, in …
Continue reading GUEST POST from Don: Trustworthy?
Category:uncategorized
GUEST POST from Don: Public Schools, part III
PUBLIC SCHOOLS part 2 So, the underlying issue has to do with TRUST. How far can we trust public schools to educate kids and prepare them for their futures? ANSWER: NOT AS FAR AS WE COULD THROW THEM. Nothing seems to be off-limits in public schools, except education. A middle school in Texas had students …
Continue reading GUEST POST from Don: Public Schools, part III
Monday Memories – March 6, 2023 Edition
Bonus! GUEST POST from Don: A Poem – Modern Style
MONUMENT Went by a company that sells monuments today.The sky was heavily overcast, the road wet.“Should I pre-buy one,” I pondered, thinking ahead.Instantly lines of irritation creased my forehead. “NO!” I have no need to be “remembered;” no joy insideTo think of future visitors walking across my smallFinal bed, a green lawn well-manicuredReading the few words …
Continue reading Bonus! GUEST POST from Don: A Poem – Modern Style
GUEST POST from Don: Weird Forgiveness – Final Section
WEIRD FORGIVENESS (Third Part) In Part One the idea of strange justice with criminals where the perp is not charged with harming an individual, but with breaking a LAW. The result is that criminals are now thought of as victims of the legal system. I’m sure you have many thoughts about that. As a bonus I refer you …
Continue reading GUEST POST from Don: Weird Forgiveness – Final Section
Protected: 4 Gwen
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
GUEST POST from Don: Christmas As A Poor (Rich) Child
Growing up poor along a rural Pennsylvania back road made Christmas extra special. The road was not a shortcut to anywhere except to the homes which dotted its edges. The land next to that road, where there were not homes, had woods, hay fields, or pastures. At the time I did not understand how poor we were. We had a …
Continue reading GUEST POST from Don: Christmas As A Poor (Rich) Child
GUEST POST from Don: Climate Change
The answer really is “42” and we will not like it. “The answer to the great question…of Life, the Universe and Everything…is…forty-two.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy That also happens to be the exact answer to “Climate Change” (or “Man-Made Global Warming”…depending on the argument of the day). I have mentioned …
Continue reading GUEST POST from Don: Climate Change
Protected: Trailer Teaser Pics
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.