Extra effort is the rule, or so we hear. “If you want to be somebody, it will take more than you’re doing.” “If you want to succeed, work harder.” But some people are born lucky. Clint asks, “Do you feel lucky? Do you, punk?”
OLD YEAR, NEW YEAR, GOODYEAR
December 31, 2024 by
With the old year out, the new year in, why not plan a road trip on a set of Goodyears? What else sounds better than Goodyear? A new year deserves a slice of goodness to balance what comes next. But that’s still to come.
HOW OLD IS ‘OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER?’
December 23, 2023 by
How old were you when you first heard it? My memory says I was a seven year old who couldn’t field a grounder after my last ‘bad hop’ bounced off my face. I wasn’t technically afraid of the ball, except I was afraid of what the ball might do. When one of the baseball fields […]
WAR ORIGINS: WWII ON TWITTER
June 14, 2022 by
War origins bring out the experts on Twitter. With warnings on what to pay attention to, what to ignore. It wasn’t a bad take, just wrong.
OVERSTOCK CLEARANCE ON THE WEAPONS AISLE
March 12, 2022 by
Overstock clearance is a common marketing ploy. Who doesn’t like a good deal in life? Get a deal on car, a guitar, or a weight set and you’re good to go. Is it the same with ordnance? What do you do if you’re a ruthless dictator with an overstock of missiles aging out on an […]
MAN’S FAILURE TO THINK DENIES HUMAN EVOLUTION? ASK JOHN STEINBECK
March 7, 2022 by
If you want to know more about about man’s failure, read John Steinbeck. He was born in a short span that brought us Fitzgerald (1896), Faulkner (1897), ( Hemingway (1899), Wolfe (1900), and Steinbeck (1902). (Turns out I’m not the first one to notice. Hey, Ed.) They knew plenty about man’s failure. And shared it. […]
HEMINGWAY LIFE STORY BEST OF ALL TIME
April 7, 2021 by
The Hemingway life story by Ken Burns is a sure sign, but of what? That he grew up in what amounts to a fundamentalist family? With a mother that logged all of her sacrifices for him? Then held it against him? Add a father with well defined ideas on how to behave. And Ernest disappointed […]
COMMON MISTAKES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS, OR POOR JUDGEMENT
April 16, 2020 by
Common mistakes are the easiest to fix: do this instead of that. All good. Unless it’s a clue to a greater problem.
WORLD LEADER: A SHORT HISTORY OF SUCCESS
April 13, 2020 by
Who is the top world leader in history? It doesn’t take a history degree from a drive-by college like Portland State to make the call, but it doesn’t hurt. Deciding who is the world leader favorite takes a long view of the past. Try not to throw a name on the wall and see if […]
HISTORY HERO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
May 6, 2018 by
As I reflect on a history and pick one history hero, it starts with the yard sign I had posted and now keep in the garage. Obama and Biden weren’t the perfect match, didn’t get everything right. What they did was put a best foot forward. They proceeded as if they knew […]
