@egm-2
Active 22 hours, 44 minutes ago-
skipper wrote a new post, The Times They are a-changin 7 years, 5 months ago
The mariner’s wife was listening to an old CD today. The CD had a number of old favorites including Bob Dylan’s The Times They are a-changin’ published in 1964 in the midst of the civil rights rebellion and the e […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Uncle Sam needs YOU 7 years, 5 months ago
Here is some encouraging news: in the 2018 elections, 209 democrats are registered to run for the House of Representatives. This is quite a phenomenon. See past elections in the following chart provided by the […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, It’s Inconvenient 7 years, 5 months ago
Has there ever been a time when your pet dog caused a flea invasion of your home? One begins by trying cures that are simple: bug sprays, washing the dog, sending rugs to be cleaned, etc. The manner by which we […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Some Thoughts 7 years, 5 months ago
Mariner is a potential customer for switching from standard electrical hookup to solar. He believes it is one of the major constraints to the use of fossil fuels in the next decade and will be a cost saving […]
-
We installed a 6.6megawatt solar system two years ago as part of our retirement strategy. We figured we were paying for our utility costs upfront while reducing our use of fossil fuels. There were tax advantages as well.
Our only regret was not doing it sooner.
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, Poor Charlottesville 7 years, 5 months ago
When will he be gone?
Sad.
Ancient Mariner
-
skipper wrote a new post, What hath God Wrought? 7 years, 5 months ago
If you want to know what the special investigator, Robert Mueller, is investigating, the following article from New Yorker Magazine tells you where he is wandering. The powerful oil industry, long beyond the grasp […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Pick a Degree 7 years, 5 months ago
One thing about which every one of every political persuasion can agree is that the United States of America is dysfunctional. Even more critical is the slow but obvious move toward authoritarianism. Today, […]
-
This is good proactive advice. I just got an email from Al Gore asking me to sign a petition about Arctic oil. Done! I would also gladly sign a petition to get the housework done!
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, Populism is a Roll of the Dice 7 years, 5 months ago
Daniele Albertazzi and Duncan McDonnell define populism as an ideology that “pits a virtuous and homogeneous people against a set of elites and dangerous ‘others’ who are together depicted as depriving (or […]
-
skipper commented on the post, The Fullness of Time 7 years, 5 months ago
Excellent metaphor!
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Fullness of Time 7 years, 5 months ago
The phrase, Fullness of Time, is an official term among historians depicting great expectancy in history that goes beyond the norm. Sometimes one waited hundreds of years with expectation as in the 600 years […]
-
We can only hope, like the children of Israel long ago, that a Messiah will come to save us from our dangerous leaders–someone with wisdom, vision and compassion. Someone like Jimmy Carter–who we crucified.
-
Excellent metaphor!
-
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, A Better Reality 7 years, 5 months ago
It is important to keep the mind flexible – especially as one grows older. The best way to keep the mind flexible is to have an interest that provides continuous learning and insights. It has been said all along t […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Cultural Resistance 7 years, 6 months ago
Having presented Gar Alperovitz’s idea that if a democracy is to sustain itself in the future, citizens must become personally and physically active in supporting their policy issues – whether local or nat […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Phoenix in the China Shop 7 years, 6 months ago
Forgive the mixed metaphor but it seems appropriate. The phoenix, burned to an ash, arises to live yet again. In the process, the current status quo will undergo a bit of thrashing about and much will be […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Art of Giving – III 7 years, 6 months ago
The Art of Giving – I defined the key emotional verbs that underlie gifting[1] as a part of one’s life: sacrifice, sharing and compassion. The Art of Giving – II identified how difficult it is to deploy gifti […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Art of Giving – II 7 years, 6 months ago
The last post, The Art of Giving, introduced the key elements of giving: sacrifice, sharing and compassion. It is not enough to understand the definition of the three words; the words must be integrated into […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Art of Giving 7 years, 6 months ago
Giving is indeed an art. Few of us cover the art form in its entirety. Each art form, however, provides a different gift to those who give and to those who receive. More often than not, our greatest gift goes […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, A new culture for economy – what's next? Redux 7 years, 6 months ago
What follows is the very first post to The Blog of the Ancient Mariner. It was posted on April 5, 2013 at 2:AM. He could write the same post today. These thoughts seem more urgent, more dire than when this post […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Health Care 7 years, 6 months ago
Mariner has been pondering the health care issue. As someone once said, it is complex. It is complex because there are many facets to health care. For example, today health is managed as a marketplace rather than […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Forgotten 7 years, 6 months ago
The mariner deliberately has avoided most of the televised Donald show. One cannot avoid all of it, of course. It has given mariner time to reflect on causes and entropy – the unavoidable erosion of all things a […]
-
skipper commented on the post, Notices 7 years, 7 months ago
What do you mean ‘becoming’?
- Load More
