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She Doesn’t Get It
Jojo Moyes says the scientists are wrong. When their research indicates chick-flix (“romantic comedies”) raise unrealistic expectations, which expectations cause needless conflicts in relationships, she says they don’t realize women know the difference between fiction and reality. Such stories are … Continue reading
We Deserve to Lose
We are accountable for commands from God as found in the Bible. It helps if you have some grasp of the context in which that Bible was written. Jumping into the narrative with Western philosophical assumptions will simply get you … Continue reading
Retirement Will Retire
Used to, only the wealthiest folks retired. Others simply died working, or got too infirm to make their own way, and moved in with family so they could die in peace. Most folks didn’t talk about retirement. A few got … Continue reading
All Too Soon
As mentioned previously, all this prognostication is just a guessing game. But you’d have to be completely blind to think we aren’t going to experience significant misery here in the US, and quite likely the whole world. One of my … Continue reading
Dire Predictions: Guessing Game
We are in recession; that’s official. Actually it’s far worse than that, but our government is notorious for torturing statistics, among other victims, and these statistics will confess to anything the torturer wants to hear. To the government’s advantage, the … Continue reading
Open Virtues
One of the most damning accusations against anything today which involves three or more people is secrecy. We on the outside of any thing are suspicious of what is hidden, and rightly so. The primary reason for hiding things is … Continue reading
The Babylonian Principle
“Everything has a price; nothing else matters.” So goes the basic principle of Babylon as found in Scripture. This is also the fundamental nature of the international Business Culture, not to mention Corporate America. Their god is Mammon. The Bible … Continue reading
Uniquely American Stupidity
On my other blog, I rant quite often about Western Christianity missing the point on most things. Actually, what I’m referring to is American Christianity, though it is obviously rooted in European religion. The real problem is something culturally fundamental … Continue reading
Don’t Dial 911
It’s not enough local governments tax you half to death, now they charge hefty fees for responding to emergencies. No, I don’t mean ambulance services, nor are we talking about nuisance calls. If your house catches on fire, your tire … Continue reading
Good Trails, Bad Path
The trail is progressing, but I’m in a slow stretch with lots of vines and dead-fall. Still, it rides well so far, so I’m confident it will turn out well. A lot of other things are not going so well. … Continue reading