Category Archives: General

When I was in China in the 80s, I was part of Dianne Feinstein’s entourage, the third mini-bus back from Dianne’s (true fact). It was thanks to my partner who had been the Coopers and Lybrand rep in China before … Continue reading →

I’ve had quite a few traumatic experiences in my life, experiences that I would have shared with my therapist if I had ever had a therapist. Some of these experiences, I would claim, were much more traumatic than a situation … Continue reading →

When an issue arises, like oh say, how many people died in Puerto Rico, or Kavanaugh said birth control is abortion, or Google is a brainwashed cultural Marxist cult. As soon as it appears, the counterspin appears. All that is … Continue reading →

Watching the Kavanaugh hearings, or reading autobiographical articles, there is always a lot of gratitude being expressed for one’s mentors and teachers. It always makes me feel a little funny. When I think about who taught me stuff in my … Continue reading →

Facebook is a way for people to interact with other people, and these interactions would not be taking place without Facebook. Yes, they have secret algorithms to addict you. They decide which people you will interact with, what kind of … Continue reading →

More or less in chronological order. pin setter in a bowling alley baling hay construction setting up motorcycle rig at a carnival cleaning out a corn silo night janitor at newspaper printing place dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant dishwasher at … Continue reading →

One of the many things that are hard to do, is to be able to gauge one’s own talents and skills relative to other people. As a result you have earnest American Idol auditioners who sincerely believe they have what … Continue reading →

Just Opinions ? @NickSew Just Opinions Retweeted Richard M. Nixon Absolutely right. What little character I have comes entirely from having a paper route. To deliver them I bought a new Schwinn with a U.S. Savings bond that my grandfather … Continue reading →

I grew up as an Air Force brat, never living in one place for very long, 3 years at the most. I went to Kindergarten in Alaska (before it was a state) after moving there from Chicago, first grade in … Continue reading →

I’ve been posting to my blog at just-opinions.com for 14 years. It is a record of what I have been thinking about for a decade and a half. The traffic has been modest, to say the most. There has been … Continue reading →