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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 […]

One Job For Veterans Administration To Do. One Job

    No matter your view on the military agenda, I know you all agree that aging veterans deserve some VA love for their service.   If you’ve got a DD214 you’re in the program.   Better yet, if you have orders proving you were where you say you were during Vietnam, you’re in the […]

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 […]

Chain Of Command From The Bottom Up Point Of View

After you’ve lived in a chain of command culture the picture clears up. It’s not about being over-burdened, neglected, or picked on.   It is about preparing to be a better link in the chain. Not exactly another brick in the wall, a chain is more active.   Or it’s preparation to leave the chain […]

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 […]

AR15 PURCHASE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ASKING

    The Washington Post ran an nice piece about a guy buying his first AR15. He’d wanted one for years and finally the day came.   Money, motivation, and gun show all came together for him.   The WaPo research seems pretty good, even with a tag of fake news thrown around.   The […]

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 […]

MOTORCYCLE HOODLUM GRANDPA, EARLY WWII ANGEL

  One enchanted evening the man on the hog met a woman at a USO dance. He saw her across a crowded room. They married just before he shipped out to the Pacific Theater of Operations, PTO.   Score for a motorcycle hoodlum, but he was the least motorcycle hoodlum on the road.   He […]