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One more reason you can add to this cartoon, of the reasons people are homeless, is under education.  This has largely developed with the advent of technology.  Sure, even homeless people have smart phones, but are the technologically astute?   Most under educated people were left behind with the advent of technology.  In fact, they have basically been left for dead.  The solution to end homelessness seems to be to let them die.  I am one of them and I don't have a smart phone.  I don't have a computer.  At this point, I don't even have a dumb phone as I woke up one morning about a month ago to a large spider on my sleeve.  Immediately, I got up, brushed the spider off and high tailed it outta there, only to realize later that my phone was no longer in my pocket.  When I returned to retrieve my phone, it was gone. Communication is one very important part of success.  Without a phone, people are at a disadvantage, but a phone ...

She sings about anxiety, But, it sounds like joy! She was just explaining.  She wasn't complaining. It was just a JOY! Life is a TOY! DISCOVER It can fall apart. If you ain't got no money You better listen to your heart And, if you don't, And, you're still alive... That's the time to start! Words do come, and words do go But, do they ever arrive? Positively, TRUE! You Know Who? Reckon So? Yo, Yo-Yo? It's alright. It's alright?

Michael John Parenti is an American political scientist and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects. He has taught at American and international universities and has been a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences. -Wikipedia

As usual, it was hot, but not all that bad under the tent.  I wasn't under the beer tent.  I volunteered this year, for the second time only this time I was sober.  I'm not really trying to make a big deal of the sobriety thing, but when I think back to the last time I volunteered I remember I was pretty messed up.  I made it through the entire weekend without walking off, or passing out.  I honored my commitment as has always been the case if I'm working and drinking.  I've never missed a day of work because of drinking.  I'm what some would call a functioning alcoholic.  I prefer to think of myself as a functioning regular drinker, but we are in the midst of a cultural civil war, you know.  And, when Evangelicals elect a non-drinker in Jesus' name who sure seems like he's drunk, I feel I have the right to distinguish between behaviors that Southern abstainers won't.  After all, Christians who do not consume alcohol are superior to al...

I walked out the door to find a pair of pink eyeglasses laying on the a brick planter on the sidewalk.  Someone must have been sitting there and left them behind.  So, I took them inside to put in the lost and found, but before I did I checked to see their strength. I've been wearing readers for years now, but I need a prescription.  When I put them on I couldn't believe how well I could see.  You really don't realize just how blurry things are until you put on some specs that work, even if they're pink.  So, after a week and nobody claiming them I boldly claimed them myself.  I don't care what color they are except I did take a Sharpie and try to color them black which only lasted for another week before the ink had almost worn completely off. What happened after that was an astounding example of just how prejudice people can be.  Within a forty-eight hour period, three different gay men had approached me.  After all, I live in a...

As I made my way from the hotel room where I had just enjoyed ten hours of uninterrupted sleep, I was greeted by housekeeping, an older man and woman, Indian, as evidenced by the Bindi on her forehead.  They were so friendly, but did not speak much English.  The woman approached me requesting the key and that the door be left open.  At least, that's what her hand gestures seemed to indicate.  When I complied she put her hands together in front of her and bowed with thanks.  The man said, "You have good day!".  I returned the blessing and made my way downstairs. On the previous night when walking to the hotel I noticed there was a new Mexican restaurant that had opened in an old spot that has been several things including a video rental shack, and a Bubble Tea House.  It was about quarter 'til eleven when I was passing by.  I noticed the door was open and people were inside.  As I came to the threshold of the doorway, I leaned in to fin...

I just finished up a two week stay in Hawaii!  It was great!  Except, I never left the hotel room!  In case you didn't notice, that's three sentences in a row ending with an exclamation point.  And, without intention.  I apologize for my perceived "overuse" of ellipsis and exclamation points in advance of the reading of this post... I'm not sure where I'm going with this.  I have no advanced plan, or outline for it.  But, after two weeks in Hawaii, I feel like a ROCK STAR, just without the pay check.  Anyway, do they actually get paychecks?  If they don't, they sure have a good time, until they get fat and get face lifts trying to keep up with father time who never ages... One thing for sure that never ages is Quality.  Somehow, it always remains.  Now, if you can remember before you were born, there aren't any memories, or consciousness, and that must be the greatest Quality; no feelings, emotions, nothing.  Yet, we are he...