With all the debate going on right now about gun control and the merits of what the 2nd amendment means and so on, I’d like to point out some fatal logic on the part of some of the pro gun crowd. Now, before I dig to deep it’s best to get this on record right… Continue reading How to get shot first
Month: December 2012
Ah yeah!
Well, the 1st batch of fudge has passed 3 out of the 4 requisite tests for being successful. It looks, smells and tastes like fudge. Now, if it can do all of that after it has cooled off, then I’d same I am good to go with batch number 2.
Round one of the caramel done, getting ready to start round two. After that, ze fudge…
The Constitution- Hallowed be thy name?
The Constitution is kind of a unique thing in American minds. In a nation where change is constant, where people and institutions will change their political, theological and ideological stance whenever the wind blows, in American conservative politics the Constitution is held up as this inviolate document that does not change… Ironic given that it… Continue reading The Constitution- Hallowed be thy name?
Flappers, Hipsters, Beatniks, Greasers, Hippies, Rebels, Slackers, Nerds, Geeks, etc. These are all names for social outcasts at one point in time or another in our country. Proof positive that our country and society were going down hill, that these “kids weren’t like the kids in my day.” And yet, most of those kids turned out just fine. They became the next generation of teachers, workers, husbands and fathers that worry about today’s society. A bit of perspective for this morning.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go yell at those dang kids to get off my lawn…
Freedom!
Kids these days…
Flappers, Hipsters, Beatniks, Greasers, Hippies, Rebels, Slackers, Nerds, Geeks, etc. These are all names for social outcasts at one point in time or another in our country. They dressed different, may have talked different, certainly challenged our social norms in one form or another. Many of the people of the time pointed to them as… Continue reading Kids these days…
The world was not a better place when I was a kid. If you ever talked to my father about his childhood, you would very quickly understand that it wasn’t a better place when he was a kid, either.
Somehow we have this negative perception of today without really seeing how our world was in the past, or what it can be right now. Our world has a great capacity for both good and evil things, and as human beings we will probably experience both many times in our lives. We will never be able to prevent all the bad things from happening, but we can choose to do better. Don’t let nostalgia, or misplaced idealism, be your excuse for inaction now. There is still love and respect, honesty and honor, caring and compassion in this world right now. Choose to reflect that, to be that, rather than the bad things, and then we can say to our friends, our children and our families, “You know, I can remember when things were still good around here. Right now.”
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
I don’t post personal things on Facebook much. I don’t believe in airing my dirty laundry, and I happen to like my life, so I see no reason to complain about it, even when I struggle. Having said that, I want to share a bit of a story with you in the hopes that it… Continue reading It was the best of times, it was the worst of times