Posted on January 2, 2014 by Robert Ringer
It’s cathartic to tell on yourself every now and then, and today I’m in a state of catharsis. As the most self-disciplined reptile living in this corner of the Milky Way Galaxy, you would think that I’ve never missed a day of exercise. If so, you’d be wrong. Alas, much as it pains me to […]
Posted on December 20, 2013 by Robert Ringer
Here we go again, another centimillionaire via the Mega Millions lottery — $173.8 million after taxes. The winner was fifty-six-year-old Ira Curry, who bought her ticket at an Atlanta newsstand. A second winner, who bought his/her ticket at a gift shop in San Jose, California, had not yet come forward as of the time this […]
Posted on December 16, 2013 by Robert Ringer
I really dislike writing about race, not because I’m concerned that it might bring some criticism my way (it will), but because the whole issue has gotten both absurd and boring. Every time you think it’s dying down, BAM: It’s in the headlines again. And so long as there are people who know how to […]
Posted on December 13, 2013 by Robert Ringer
An acquaintance of mine recently lamented to me, somewhat forlornly, that “great music is dead.” He opined that youthful brains have been so soiled that all they want to hear is “junk.” Maybe I’m a hopeless optimist, but while I agree that perhaps a majority of youthful brains are soiled, I don’t for a second […]
Posted on November 30, 2013 by Robert Ringer
The latest brouhaha over Washington Redskins’ offensive lineman Trent Williams’ purported use of the infamous N-word in lashing out at umpire Roy Eillison (who, like Williams, is black) during a game with the Philadelphia Eagles is just another in an endless stream of incidents that keep this accident-of-history colloquialism alive and well. A visitor from […]
Posted on November 29, 2013 by Robert Ringer
Well, here we are again — Black Friday — the official start of the Christmas shopping season. But, unfortunately, Christmas shopping is no longer the joyful and relaxing experience it once was. How can you be joyful and relaxed when a teenaged sales clerk, with an earring in his nose and a tattoo on his […]
Posted on November 11, 2013 by Robert Ringer
The bizarre NFL bullying case involving Richie Incognito (the accused bully) and his alleged victim, Jonathan Martin, brings to the fore once again a subject I have been spotlighting for years. I don’t know the facts in the Miami Dolphins’ case, but I have long been outspoken in my belief that bullying is the most […]
Posted on November 1, 2013 by Robert Ringer
I’ve written about Ms. Snarky many times in the past. Her most noteworthy traits are that she’s eighteenish, delusional about her importance, and always has her antennae actively searching for a nasty encounter with anyone who carelessly crosses her path. Even though she gives the impression of being omnipresent, she most frequently can be found […]
Posted on October 29, 2013 by Robert Ringer
It’s a serious mistake to allow yourself to get caught up in the “what-if” and “how-to” trap — attempting to project all problems and solutions in advance of taking action. The reality is that no one can ever hope to know all the problems in advance, let alone all the solutions. Further, most of the […]
Posted on October 25, 2013 by Robert Ringer
The Milky Way Galaxy consists of something in the neighborhood of 100 to 400 billion stars, depending on which scientist you choose to believe. Further, the Milky Way — only one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the known universe — is about 120,000 light years in diameter, an unfathomable distance. That said, if […]
