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Category: Random Thoughts

  • Daydreaming & Reminiscing

    One of the signs, they say, that you’re old is the fact that you do more reminiscing than daydreaming. Well, at 65, I still daydream. So I guess I’m not too old yet. My imaginings, however, are more realistic than, say, those that I dreamed when I was 18. Would…

  • DONALD TRUMP’S ACQUITTAL DOES NOT MEAN HE IS INNOCENT OF THE CHARGE BUT THAT TRUMP REMAINS A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

    Some of Donald Trump’s supporters have expressed their delight that Trump was acquitted and that he is “not guilty” as charged. As someone braggingly puts it on a Facebook post, “I told you guys (sic) Trump is innocent.” Apparently, they do not understand that Trump was acquitted not because he…

  • Choku

    I like the Japanese word choku (shown above in kanji; in kana, ちょく).  It means simplicity, honesty, frankness, correctness. In this complex world, we can keep our sanity by keeping things simple. Simple lifestyle. Simple food. Simple pleasures. Simple anything. I think that even profound thoughts can—and should—be expressed simply and beautifully. In…

  • Mere Footprints on the Moon?

    Today, we commemorate the landing of man, via Apollo 11, on the surface of the moon. Astronaut Neil Armstrong said what is perhaps one of the most memorable quotes of all time: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But as mankind moves forward through scientific endeavors…

  • A Clean Slate

  • Let’s Get Digital

    You won’t make any money from self-publishing. MYTH! The internet has revolutionized every business it has come into contact with, and publishing is no different. For the first time, these changes are handing power back to the writer. It’s up to YOU if you want to profit from them. Let’s…

  • Christopher Hitchens dies…got a song for him?

    Christopher Hitchens dies By Bethonie Butler Christopher Hitchens in D.C. in 2010. (Marvin Joseph — The Washington Post)And in light of the sad news Friday about Christopher Hitchens’s death, we wonder what song would honor the quick-witted and outspoken writer. He countedBob Dylan among his favorite musicians, so a Dylan song might…

  • ‎”Collaboration is the stuff of growth.”

     ‎”Collaboration is the stuff of growth.” That’s a quote from the video (click below to watch) that my Facebook friend, Gladys Pearl, shared on her wall. It’s a statement that those of us who want to grow should take to heart. RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms

  • How to make your BLACK Friday COLORFUL

    Go shopping in the wee hours of the DARK BLACK Friday morning until your feet turn BLUE for walking and waiting and your eyes RED for lack of sleep. Then, when too tired to go on shopping, go home to your WHITE painted home and try what you’ve purchased on.…

  • What do you do with a problem like Gloria?

    “The perceived battle between the executive and the judiciary on the case of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo worries some political analysts” (See in “Judiciary-executive battle worries analysts,” abs-cbnNEWS.com, Posted at 11/18/2011 11:16 PM | Updated as of 11/18/2011 11:16 PM) Whether or not there is reason to worry about the GMA case,…