From my observation and experience I think I understand a little more about the nature of human communication. There is a large group of us who are outspoken and like to speak up and be heard and identified by others. Some of that group are well educated and intelligent although the two terms are NOT synonymous. Another portion will just say or write anything to be recognized. The remaining few are pure babbling idiots. I am...
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The Ant’s Retirement
I have decided that retirement is a line to cross and is not a hole in which to hide. I think the term today is active retirement rather than suspended animation. It is just a point or event in time, like a birthdate. I am born into a new way of thinking and living. As with a new baby, I fill my lungs with a new source of Oxygen and learn to breathe by first...
Continue reading...Ramblin’ Dan’s BBB & Schmear Sandwich
The BBB stands for Bacon, Baloney, Bagel and well, Schmear is Philly Cream Cheese. After a hard morning casting and polishing silver, I realized it was after 1:00PM and I was a bit hungry. So I scouted around in the frig. I knew I was out of sandwich bread but there must be something I could substitute. I spied two bagels looking awfully lonely in there. In the meat drawer was equally lonely looking pre...
Continue reading...Jury Duty
Time to roll me through the jury processor once again. It would seem to me that in a near Dallas county like Collin, there would be a multitude of prospective jurors. In my house either my wife or I get called to duty about every two to three years. That seems rather often to me. The problem is they call at least ten times more jurors than they need as the lawyers “tune” the jury selection...
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