It just might be the right time to reimagine or expand the Darwin Awards.
Category: Rants and Opinion
These are unvarnished opinions about current events, politics, observations on the state-of-the-world, or just stuff that either intrigues or bothers me.
The Gun Debate
I am a gun owner. I have hunted geese, duck, teal, quail, dove. I shoot skeet and trap. I have been to the target range with a handgun on many occasions. My father and I never went deer hunting because we lived in an area where the deer hunters put booze in their coffee at … Continue reading The Gun Debate
The Chauvin Decision
Written Prior To The Verdict. To most of my white, Christian, middle-class or better friends: I live in a world you cannot begin to understand. To all my African American friends: You are living in a world I can only begin to understand. What is implicit bias? For me, in my life, it has living … Continue reading The Chauvin Decision
How Hard Could It Be?
You would think it would be easy. Apparently, it is not.
Thankful
I know. You are expecting some long-winded rant about the fragility of Donald Trump’s ego, his narcissistic genetic incapability of grasping the possibility that he lost this election, his Republican enablers and the Republicans abandoning the right to claim any redeeming values, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Nope. Now I admit that it will not … Continue reading Thankful
Let’s Play
Enough of the histrionics, already. We all knew their word was bullshit. We know they make it up as they go, and we know that they do not give even one shit about policy, values, or previous positions. What they care about is winning. And they are winning. I am, of course, talking about the … Continue reading Let’s Play
Minority Report
The Republican convention easily ignored the near murder of Jacob Blake of Kenosha, Wisconsin by a Kenosha policeman. Blake was shot in the back seven times while getting into his car where his children were seated. Equally absent was any mention of the murder of 2 protestors and the non-fatal shooting of another by a … Continue reading Minority Report
Letter from 2030
Dear kids: Well, I never thought I would be 75 years old. In my mind’s eye I am still a young man and you all are still small children. Clearly, nothing could be farther from the truth. So much has changed in my lifetime and I have had the opportunity to see a lot of … Continue reading Letter from 2030
Not So Fast
A bit of a history lesson before we get to the topic at hand. Some thousands of years ago (roughly 13 century BCE) a powerful empire held a minority population in slavery for some 400 years. The slaves were abused and disregarded and forced into labor. According to the legend, God heard the cry of … Continue reading Not So Fast
Wow, Am I Tired.
Yes, the pandemic is exhausting. Politics is exhausting.  Violence is exhausting.  People are exhausting. Being only months away from official curmudgeon-dum, I have found a lot with which I am tired of dealing. Here is a partial list of what is making me tired: People who categorically refuse to use their turn signal. People who … Continue reading Wow, Am I Tired.
Adult Language Is Possible 