PUNK’D
I blame Donald Trump’s candidacy on Ashton Kutcher. For six years he showed how gullible people were and the viability of catching much of America’s captive attention to showing people reacting to and believing the most outrageous scenarios. Is that not Trump’s candidacy in a nutshell. It reminds me of a Richard Pryor joke in […]
QUITTING
Except perhaps related to relationships, quitting is the easiest thing in the world. Giving up is far easier than persevering through all the obstacles that life places in front of us. Those hurdles are both known and unforeseen and often they are formidable, without easy and clear fixes to them. I said quitting was only […]
FUCK IT
How is it possible that in the English language two words, comprised of only six letters can have such a frightening, offensive, empowering impact to so many people? Two of the most dangerous words in the English language are “Fuck It”. I recall an old time hustler from Brooklyn once telling me that if I […]
PATIENCE IS AN OVERRATED VIRTUE
Whoever says patience is a virtue has too much time on their hands. Patience is virtue propaganda from someone who obviously consistently owes money. I rage against patience as someone who admittedly, has a ton of it. Patience is an enabler’s nightmare and a manipulators most valued tool. My rant against patience, of course […]
YOU CAN NOT REWRITE HISTORY
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” Bill Keane I come from a family with strong ties to revisionist history. I do not think it comes with ill intent, but I listen to my mother and brothers at times recount […]
ALMOST NOTHING IS EVER AS IT SEEMS
In nearly every relationship I have ever been in at some point I have been chided about my lack of public affection. “Look at him. He is holding her hand walking down the street…skipping, feeding her strawberries, lying down across a puddle so that she can use his back as a bridge…Why can’t you be […]
FEAR
Merriam-Webster defines fear as: an unpleasant emotion caused by being aware of danger: a feeling of being afraid: a feeling of respect and wonder for something very powerful. Yet, you did not need me to define fear for you. We all know what it is…At least we know what it is conceptually. People hate […]
WHY STOP AND FRISK DOES NOT WORK
Stop and Frisk has been in the news constantly since Donald Trump voiced that he would like to effectively invoke it on a national level as a crime preventing measure. First of all, the President, excepting in cases of dire emergency, such as having to invoke Martial Law, does not have the ability on […]
OPINION VS. JUDGMENT
By Richard Ray: For years, when challenged, I have argued the differences in my having strong opinions as distinctively distinguishable from being judgmental. Admittedly, I have some educational training in arguing semantics, but I acknowledge that the distinction is thin at best. Merriam-Webster’s definitions highlight how similar the words are, but for me conceptually […]
DENTAL DILEMMA-The Dan Markel/Adelson Family Murder Mystery
To Go Or Not To Go…That really is the question In less than 24 hours I have a scheduled dental appointment. The dilemma is that there is a really high likelihood that one if not both of my dentist(s) seem likely to be indicted for first-degree murder… No BS. I came across a headline last […]
