Monthly Archives: August 2018

Facebook is the Devolution of Blogs

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

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Jobs I Have Had

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

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The Secret Caves of Your Experience

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

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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

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Memoir in a Blog Post

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

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Retrospective

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

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I’ve Looked at Life from Both Sides Now

I have experienced living on both sides of the political divide. I was a member of SDS and an acid head hippie communard back in the day. Now I am a conservative, Christian, Republican who loves President Trump. You would … Continue reading

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Family

Among the many experiments that the Farm conducted, was the experiment to see if it was possible to form tribal connections among complete strangers that were as strong as blood relations. I believe the experiment was at least somewhat successful, … Continue reading

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