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Memories, a memoir, philosophy or simply the ramblings of a boomer. These are my thoughts, my observations and my opinions.

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  • nonsense

      I’m thinking I’ll make this a short one. I saw some comment/meme about this critical race theory stuff. This meme was attempting to say I just didn’t understand. I beg to differ, I understand completely. The United States of… Continue reading

  • Paying attention

      I wonder how many are paying attention? It sure seems to me a lot of folks aren’t, not at all, but are rather self absorbed. Of course I have always felt that way I suppose. Maybe it stems from… Continue reading

  • The pathway

     You know what annoys me? When I hear our elected officials saying, we need to create a pathway to citizenship! Hey, we already have one. What we need to do is ensure that people use it! Those entering the country… Continue reading

  • OFS (old folks syndrome)

      I’ve been getting confused a bit lately. When I was in school I received grades either by letter or number. I wasn’t graded on the 4.0 scale. That isn’t what confuses me though. What I am getting confused about… Continue reading

  • as I remember

      Got up late this morning, after five, and so a late start composing this blog. I usually write them first thing and try to get them posted before six. It’s a strange thing really, it’s not like I have… Continue reading

  • the last one?

     For no particular reason it came to me that the turn of the century was almost twenty two years ago. That doesn’t seem possible. I remember vividly the concern that the computers would all crash, we would all lose our… Continue reading

  • a convenient life

     Apparently it has been a thing for a while but I noticed it first yesterday. On a big sign in the window it was being advertised, McDelivery! You can now get your Big Mac delivered to your door. I had… Continue reading

  • Just a fact

      It’s an amazing thing how people will defend their position. I posted a simple scientific fact, expressing that fact in several ways, and yet I had those arguing with that fact. I wonder what the point is? If something… Continue reading

  • what you lookin' at?

       There was a day when you could judge a man by the books in his library. Today we would have to see his browsing history. That is a thought I had some time back and it occurred to me… Continue reading

  • a new village

     I was watching CBS This Morning, yesterday, not sure why, I guess it was just on but it caught my attention for a few minutes anyway. They were talking about Tik-Tok and the way it is influencing children. I was… Continue reading