Posted on January 16, 2014 by Robert Ringer
Advice: Don’t live a life of exclamation points! By that I mean a life where you are constantly pressing against everyone and everything around you. People shy away from high pressure, which is why exclamation-point people tend to be crowd busters. As with so many things in life, I suspect that most people who are […]
Posted on January 14, 2014 by Robert Ringer
What’s this world coming to? The Mexicans are attacking us from the south, and now the Indians are attacking us from … well, from halfway around the world — in their own country! Allow me to explain. The Mexicans have to come here if we want them to pick our grapes and mow our lawns […]
Posted on January 10, 2014 by Robert Ringer
When the news broke that three of the National Football League wildcard playoff games last weekend did not sell out, it got me thinking about, of all things, the connection between the NFL and the decline of the Roman Empire. The NFL is to the United States what the gladiatorial contests were to Rome, sans […]
Posted on January 9, 2014 by Robert Ringer
Do you ever yearn to discover the secrets of the big guys so you could explode your business? I’ve certainly fallen into that trap on and off over the years. And whenever I’ve managed to gain access to the “secrets” of those who appear to be above the fray, I’ll tell you what I’ve usually […]
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 […]
