Hurried Hurry Up Harried

Life at times seems like a jumble of jobs, and tasks, and allegiances, and duties, and mistakes ---- and no fricking respite!

Pick up the car; get the car fixed; get ready for a trip; be back in time to finish the report; finish the report; don't rest; don't stop; don't ..........think!

The Frenzy of Life

Life, sex, compassion, death, hard times, disappointment, anger, hate, love, and on and on!  Life in just the past few days has deluged me with all these -- and more.

How about you? Does your life seem "out of control" or literally streaming over the top, faster and faster, more and more out of control? If so -- you are on a typical life's journey -- and your key to survival and success is to slow the whole damn mess down; and make honest and true decisions reflective of who you really are.

Random Anger; Focused Ignorance

Horrendous week for the United States, for its police departments, for its public and private image(s), for its conscience, for its own sanity!  American prejudices and stupidities have been exposed -- and because of that, people have lost their lives.  Baton Rouge, St. Paul, Dallas, Savannah, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York!

Society is in jeopardy because of our own polarized stupidity! Thank you news media; thank you Donald Trump; thank you haters!

Who Is Mr. Epperly?

I get literally hundreds of emails every day --- and I am not a very important person, as importance goes. But many of the emails should not be coming to me but do so because my name is mistakenly on a list somewhere -- and/or people just assume things about who is in charge -- or systems and/or people simply make numerous mistakes! So what percentage of my emails are mistake-mails? About 40 % --- yikes!

That's a lot of wasted effort, a lot of mistaken time, a lot of writing and reading and re-writing, all in vain. Take care emailers of the world --- get the person's correct name and URL!

The Beauty of Family

On the 4th of July I spent several hours on the phone with my daughter Tosha. She is family -- adopted, stolen, received, surrogate family! I love her like my daughter -- like Sheila's daughter -- like my own blood.

She and I have a different kind of conversation than I can or would have with my sister Linda. It just is -- because I am a "Dad" to Tosha, we get into things and joke about things (like her love life, MY love life (hah)) -- that Linda and I don't really have.

The Fourth of July

Fireworks, celebration, beer, hot dogs -- what is it all for? Are we really patriotic? Are we thankful to our all-volunteer army for keeping us safe from harm? Do we appreciate the sacrifices maintained by military families throughout the world -- in standing up for America, and truly sacrificing for it?

What is the real answer to the above questions? Will we still vote for a racist, fascist, xenophobic liar to be our President?

Foibles of Young Women

Unintentional flirting, allowing themselves to "play dumb" for too many specious reasons, "display" body syndrome -- in mostly inappropriate situations, asking ridiculous questions to assert their own sense of unworthiness (and flatter men), and about a hundred other behaviors -- all indicate that techniques for becoming adult are still learned in the court of "courtly love" traditions. These many behaviors become especially annoying when they are a substitute for seeking "real" knowledge, or simply establishing the reasons for their own self-esteem.

In America we all flirt badly --- too much, too little, nothing at all. But we shouldn't be broadcasting our lack of sensuality; we shouldn't be wallowing in our "grade school" romantic thinking. Life is deeper than an "Archie and Betty" comic book lifestyle.