Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • Where Have All Our Leaders Gone? Repost

    After the events of today with Devin Nunes and the apparent installation of a Trumpist loyalist as the Director of National Intelligence, meaning another part of our government is now…


  • Just Missed a Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans

    Today I head home from a meeting in New Orleans. It was great fun and I laughed a lot with friends I don’t see often. Also got to know some…


  • French Quarter Walkabout

    I’m in New Orleans for a conference this week. After today’s session, I had a little bit of time to do one of my walkabouts (may do another if I…


  • “On Tyranny: Do Not Obey In Advance” (Snyder)

    I bought the book, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Timothy Snyder) right after Trump was elected. It seemed appropriate at the time. Now it seems imperative, we…


  • We used to watch out for one another

    Does art imitate life or life imitate art? One of our children is in color guard and we are DCI fans. Over the past couple of years it has been…


  • It’s Always the Fine Print

    Whenever you encounter a contract, the advice has often been, make sure you read the fine print. When an authoritarian such as Trump starts taking over, life does go on.…


  • Doing What’s Right Can Be Hard

    Every day I’m reminded in some way that doing the right thing can be hard. Doing the right thing can be lonely. Have you ever seen something happening over a…


  • This is an Appropriate Response to Trumpism

    Tami Burages (@tmurages) hit it out of the park with the following Twitter thread. This is what a response to Trumpism and AG Barr should have looked like in a…


  • A Day in the Life of the 99% Part 2

    A couple of days ago I wrote a post about a day in the life of the 99%. I went through a fictitious day laying out what is happening as…


  • Checks and Fraud

    You thought I was going to write about politics again, didn’t you? Not tonight. I’m taking it a little more personal this evening. It has been a day, and not…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.