Monthly Archives: May 2020

For years I’ve worked for Sunsweet Growers, and now I’m finally retiring. For years some of my co-workers have told me I should not work so hard, that the company doesn’t give a shit about me; that I’m an expendable … Continue reading →

Everyone has things they are afraid of; I’m afraid of heights. My fear is based upon something that happened to me when I was very young. My parents took me and my younger brother to the Bay Area one weekend … Continue reading →

I’m not a big Reality TV fan, in fact I don’t watch much regularly broadcast TV at all, but there is one show which seems to be quite popular among those who do; that being Survivor. The underlying premise of … Continue reading →

In 1978 I got tickets to see Black Sabbath at the indoor arena in Oakland, California; with the opening act being Van Halen in support of their debut album on their first major tour. By the time I got to … Continue reading →

“Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” ~Thomas Jefferson~ (Declaration of Independence) I’m firmly convinced that the only thing that will restore freedom, or … Continue reading →

I keep hearing people talk about what’s going to happen after this Covid virus passes and we can get back to normal. I sometimes wonder if Americans have completely lost the ability to think logically; for it seems they don’t … Continue reading →

How many of y’all remember the fracas that ensued when San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem; the Star Spangled Banner? I may not have supported his ‘reason’ for refusing to … Continue reading →

Do you have any idea how many people live on planet Earth? C’mon, give me a ballpark figure if you can. No, well according to World Population Clock, and yes there is such a thing, the world’s population is 7.8 … Continue reading →

“…though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.” ~Thomas Paine~ All one has to do today is leave their house and enter into any business establishment and count the number of people wearing … Continue reading →

As some of you may know, I have begun the process of retiring; with the date of my ‘official’ retirement being June 28th. According to the Social Security Administration if I had waited until full retirement age, 66 yrs 8 … Continue reading →