September 23rd through 29th, the first full week of Fall 2012. How welcome it was. Even if it did come with remnants of summer heat, which are clinging with little devil claws to the start of October. Fall is my favorite season. Hands down. I get the impression that it is the favorite season of…
I went for a solo walk/run yesterday. Mainly a walk with occasional, brief bouts of running consisting of short strides and poorly-taken breaths. I would say I’m the world’s worst runner, but I trust I have an advantage over asthmatics and arthritics. This walk/barely-run took place on a path with little traffic other than the…
There’ve been a few things lately that I’ve started, and then stopped, writing about. Because I thought they were too depressing. Or I was too annoyed. Or I put them off to a week when I thought I’d have more time to post. Or I lost interest halfway through my written jibber-jabber. In an effort…
(inspired by my friend, Rev, who has regrets… as we all do) I once read in a self-improvement article that you should never say “I wish” or “I hope.” The sentiment behind this advice is good. “I wish” or “I hope” represents a mentality of inaction, of powerlessness. It relegates you to Dr. Seuss’ infamous…
Now, the top three ways the U.S. has created its own economic decline. Way 3 – We tried to create an elitist society. Remember the true rise of the Internet age? The expansion of the world wide web? The explosion of Microsoft and U.S. technology and Silicon Valley ?Remember the consensus amongst the government and…
There has been a lot of talk about the economy over the past few weeks. It’s a disaster. Everybody knows it. Everybody wants it fixed. And they want it fixed now. The Republicans blame the Democrats for not getting it done, the Democrats blame the Republicans for causing it in the first place, and we…