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Please Do Generalize

…es are precious unique snowflakes that never will, nor ever could happen again in any conceivable universe. No history. No context. No certainty. Everything is in flux and open to interpretation. Any interpretation. We might have been friends yesterday but today is another day and we are just going to have to see how what happens. I say, go ahead and generalize. Don’t let anyone tell you that no conclusions based on the past have any relevance to…

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Random life thoughts

…to keep both. This gets more difficult as we go up the career ladder and become afraid of losing what we already have. Further, it is important to realize that life is happening right now and to relish the current experiences instead of grasping or continually waiting for the future which ironically always seems to remain in the future and never in the present. Why do I even think these things? The reason is the different types of environments I’v…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops – War and Pain

…ow that I am in the USA I have met some which it is best to avoid the subject completely.  One encounter stands out among the others about how I told him I loved the country immensely.  He looked at me with horror and said “Yea, they are real nice when the kids attach grenades to the backsides of soldiers who are then blown to bits. Others take it in stride and tell me very calmly “Yea, well I was there during a different time.” I have also drunk…

Growing Up – An Impression of Adults by an Adult

…s thought that adults had all the answers and all of them mature.  Adults maintained a kind of “god-like” status and I thought once I hit a certain age then information would just be given to me and I would have all the answers as well. I saw how they behaved and for the most part it always seemed much more cordial than some of the mean things classmates would do.  Adults never just walked over and hit someone, adults didn’t throw tantrums and adu…

Why is the West financing the Human Rights Council?

…countries are members of an organ charged with promoting: “universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner” and which demands that the member states:”shall uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights”. If you doubt whether these three countries live up to the highest standards, you can read about them here, he…