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Posted onAugust 11, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle Frequent Relocation, High Divorce Rate, Substance Abuse, and Loss of Familial Cohesion: Historical Reflections On Commercial Scale Culture and Its Impact On My Family In Capitalistic America Read more
Posted onAugust 9, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle We Are All Wounded By The World: the key is to recognize our wounds and heal them, then wear our scars quietly, like discreet badges of honor Read more
Posted onJuly 27, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Lifestyle The Most Amazing Movie Of All Time Can Be Seen In 4K Just By Closing Your Eyes And Letting Your Imagination Wander, Or By Simply Enjoying The Film That Starts Up While You Read A Book. Read more
Posted onJuly 19, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Technology “Smartphones” Have Made Smart People Stupid For Choosing To Park Their Senses On The Side Of The Road As They Fall Deeper Into A Trance While Staring At Their Screens Read more
Posted onJune 21, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Climate Change, Lifestyle After A Lifetime Of Maximizing My Time In The Sun, Here Are My Top Ten Reasons Why Summer Is Now My Least Favorite Season Read more
Posted onMay 30, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle One Manifestation Of The Chinese Concept Of Yin-Yang Is That Attempting To Live With Less Or Make Do With Less Most Often Requires More Of Many Things! Read more
Posted onMay 23, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Lifestyle Happy 25th Anniversary Connie! Still Together 9,125 Days Later. Only 9,125 Days To Go To Our Golden Anniversary! Read more
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Posted onApril 17, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Food, Lifestyle The Birth Of A New, Funky, And Strange Sandwich With All Kinds Of Spin-off Versions Available! Read more
Posted onApril 12, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Political It’s Time To Do The Moral Thing And Strictly Regulate And Enforce New, Much More Restrictive, Commonsense Gun Laws Read more
Posted onMarch 23, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Economics, Lifestyle Our Lives Are Rapidly Becoming A Subscription. Imagine, In The Near Future Needing A Subscription For Access To Clean Air, Water, And Nutritionally Dense, Clean Food! Read more
Posted onFebruary 19, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Healthcare, Lifestyle Stay Informed And Give A Damn And Slowly Become Angry, Depressed, And Cynical? Or Completely Ignore All News Media Choosing To Live Blissfully Ignorant, While Knowing Joy, And Feeling Happy More Often Than Not? Read more
Posted onFebruary 11, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle I Have Assembled So Many Things Coming Out Of A Box Labeled “Made In China” Over The Last Four Decades, I Sometimes Feel Like A Human Residing In America, While Living A Life Made In China! Read more
Posted onFebruary 4, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle If You Live Long Enough, You’ll Eventually See And Hear About Things Happening That You Thought You Would Never See Happen In A Million Years! Read more
Posted onJanuary 28, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Healthcare, Lifestyle Our Existence, For Better Or Worse, Is Entirely Up To Us. Therefore, Rather Than Focusing On What We Do Not Wish To See Happen, We Need To Focus On What We Do Wish To See Happen In Our Lives, Country, And The World, Because The Universe Is Impartial And Will Manifest Either Reality, But Not Both! Read more
Posted onJanuary 21, 2023November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Healthcare, Lifestyle We Think We Are “In The Know” About Aging And How To Stay Young For As Long As Possible, But We Are Often Surprised Or Downright Shocked By Some Facets Of Aging That We Didn’t Foresee Or Even Think About While We Were Still Young! Read more
Posted onDecember 15, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Economics Trickle Down Economic Theory Translated: A Constant Trickle Of Your Hard Earned Money Out Of Your Working Class Pocket Into The Giant Money Sucking Pocket Of A Billionaire Who Paid Less Taxes Than You Last Year! Read more
Posted onDecember 9, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Healthcare, Lifestyle I Am One Of The People Having A Harder Time With Christmas With Each Passing Year, Yearning For Something Better Than What Christmas Has Become, But Capitalism Eats People Like Me As An Appetizer! Read more
Posted onNovember 28, 2022November 24, 2023inAll Essays:, Lifestyle, Travel After Fantasizing About Visiting Europe For Seventeen Years, My Wife And I Finally Made Two Trips In Five Years, Both Were More Beautiful And Enjoyable Than Imagined, Completely Exceeding Our Expectations! Read more
Posted onOctober 31, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle, Technology It’s Beyond Ironic That My Former Infatuation And Long-term Love Affair with Technology Has Waned And I Now Prefer The Timeless Virtues Of Simplicity, Quiet, And Having Actual Conversations With Other People. Read more
Posted onOctober 1, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle Traditional Family: Your Ultimate Support System Or Your Worst Nightmare! Read more
Posted onSeptember 7, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Climate Change, Lifestyle, Technology Where Is Spock When We Need Him? If We Do Not Use “Vulcan Logic” To Guide Our Decisions And Change Our Ways Regarding Global Warming Now, Mankind’s Extinction Will Arrive Much Faster Than Previously Calculated! Read more
Posted onAugust 3, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Economics, Lifestyle The Wealthiest People In The World Should Stop Engaging In Immoral Greed And Start Engaging In Voluntary Limitarianism! Read more
Posted onJuly 24, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle Dogs Are Loving Spirits Trapped In A Cylinder Of Fur On Four Legs, And Most Deserve More Respect Than Many Of Their Human Owners! Read more
Posted onMay 18, 2022April 26, 2023inAll Essays: Philip Wayne Salter: Son, Father, Mentor, Athlete, Friend, Lover, Husband, Patriot, And One Of The Good Guys: You Will Be Kept Alive And Be Loved In The Hearts Of All Those Who Knew You For As Long As They Live! Read more
Posted onApril 17, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Economics, Lifestyle Dogs Never Grow Up! So Why Is There No “Pet-Care” Tax Credit? Read more
Posted onApril 4, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Lifestyle The Fragility Of Manmade Structures Share Center Stage With Height And Velocity When You Jump Out Of A Perfectly Good Airplane From An Altitude Of 10,500 Ft! Read more
Posted onMarch 31, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Economics, Healthcare, Political Social Security And Medicare Continue To Confound And Baffle Even The Sharpest Retiree While Costing Everyone More Than They Ought To, Adding To Mounting Public Sentiment For A Simple, Single Payer Healthcare System In The United States. Read more
Posted onMarch 9, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Healthcare, Political The Mostly Private Healthcare System In The United States Is A Patchwork Quilt Of Corporate Greed And Disorganization That Needs To Be SIMPLIFIED! Read more
Posted onFebruary 21, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Cultural, Lifestyle, Political Sadly, Americans Need A Federal Law Mandating All Public Information Be Fact Checked Because Many Of Their Mass Media Companies Cannot Be Trusted To Tell The Truth! Read more
Posted onFebruary 10, 2022November 12, 2023inAll Essays:, Political I Am So Ashamed That I Called Myself A Republican For The First Twenty Years Of My Voting Life! Read more