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ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHAT DOES ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ MEAN

The idea of acceptable losses takes a sharp turn on the anniversary of Hiroshima. The death count from 75 years back is a consistent 140,000 in one fell swoop, give or take a few thousand. Atomicarchive.com breaks it down. Counting war death from a distance of time leaves some leeway for acceptable losses?

WORK HARD, HELP OTHERS, SHOW HOW

The idea of ‘work hard’ sounds like a Pep Talk. “First we work, then we work harder, and if the job’s not done, we come back and do it again until it’s finished.” It works in a sports environment better than an office meeting. Why is that?

HOPEFUL PEOPLE ARE HELPFUL PEOPLE

I can’t agree with the conflict between millennials and baby boomers. That’s not what hopeful people do. You won’t agree either by the end of this post. I’ll start at the boomer beginning and go forward from there. You’re going to read some uncomfortable truths, but they’ll make sense and smooth out by the end.

BOOMER BUBBLE: LIVING IN A PORCUPINE SUIT

Once you make it to the ‘home’ things change; you’re out of the boomer bubble and into the back stretch of life. Everyone can justify being nice since you’re on the clock. Or when you move to the ‘over 55’ community? Same deal, things change, but you’re still not out of the boomer bubble. No […]

How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented. They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true. One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]

BETTER SELF? IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SELF, WHO WERE YOU BEFORE FINDING OUT?

Life mysteries usually get solved by our better self, the part we hope others notice because it’s better than the usual. The mystery solutions usually fall between ‘Wow, I didn’t think I could do that’ and ‘Oops, I thought I could do that.’ One shocking example was Det. Mark Fuhrman during […]

GLOCK 17 DOUBLE STACK PROBLEM

Why does the Glock 17 have so many bullets? Because it might take the first sixteen shots to hit a target. Some people are bad shots. Maybe you’re a bad shot. I know I am. I nearly failed Army bootcamp because of my shot pattern with an M16. I wanted to blame the […]

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHAT DOES ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ MEAN

WORK HARD, HELP OTHERS, SHOW HOW

HOPEFUL PEOPLE ARE HELPFUL PEOPLE

BOOMER BUBBLE: LIVING IN A PORCUPINE SUIT

One Job For Veterans Administration To Do. One Job

How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

Chain Of Command From The Bottom Up Point Of View

BETTER SELF? IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SELF, WHO WERE YOU BEFORE FINDING OUT?

AR15 PURCHASE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ASKING

GLOCK 17 DOUBLE STACK PROBLEM

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