On occasion, mariner has opined that bullet wars are passé. The term ‘bullet wars’ means using explosives and physical destruction even to the point of genocide. In today’s headline news […]

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Usually there is a sensation of rolling with gravity into the big holiday season with lights, parties, trips, going downtown to shop for gifts, and continuing on into the new year […]

Mariner has noticed that a number of magazines, newspapers and other opinion-based sources are unifying behind articles about whose fault it is that led us into our social/political dilemma. Some in mariner’s […]

Mariner has spent the last ten days living alone. His wife went to California to help with our newest granddaughter. His wife returns tomorrow. Recent posts reflect what mariner observed during his own ‘shut in’ […]

Among the headers of his posts at the top of the post page, mariner had a description of who he was, the reason for writing and an explanation of how three alter egos would influence his posts.  This description […]

Seasoned readers know that mariner has a world class linguist as a friend. One of our pastimes is collecting words that catch our fancy. Most of them are American slurs like ‘jeetjet?’, or the word may be a r […]

Evolution constructed a species that took 300,000 years to evolve into a super smart, super perceptive and superbly protective creature. With these sensitivities, humans were able to unite their efforts to develop […]

There comes a painful time to many in life when the spouse passes on, the children are grown and away, and many friends are in retirement institutions or passing on as well. Perhaps ‘painful’ is the wrong word; […]

As many, many voters have done, mariner has shut down news in its entirety. Not only that, he has removed television in general from his options. He and his wife spend one evening each week on a ‘date’ to watch […]

Regular readers know that in his younger years mariner spent some time as a preacher. One sermon he wanted to preach but never did because it would be confusing to the congregation, was a sermon about the common […]

With political fireworks everywhere and wars in every direction, mariner thought he may need an update from his alter egos. He searched for Nosey Mole but he was nowhere to be found. Mariner hadn’t heard from Amos […]

A few of mariner’s recent posts have focused on that point in time when an individual must reinvent their identity, perhaps look for another income, and not lose their collaboration with their fellow humans. Those […]

Before moving on to the topic, readers had questions about mariner’s Great Grandmother, Lucy.

It would take 175,000 ‘greats’ to link mariner to Lucy. Mariner has 8 billion grandparents, uncles, aunts, 1st, 2nd, […]

Don’t mess with mariner because his genome comes from his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, […]

When mariner reviewed his post to correct grammar and spelling, he noticed that he had zeroed in on ways to continue productivity as part of continued collaboration. Actually, productivity is a minor issue. It is […]

Mariner is older than most folks. Old enough, in fact, to look back on that time when a person suddenly becomes old – retired from career, lifelong friends and family are disappearing, maybe even die, institutions […]

The visiting season approaches. Be sure to have bags packed for visits and pantries full for visitors. The holiday season is upon us. Shop early, especially if the reader plans to use the US Postal Service. […]

Mariner reads several magazines and journals just for entertainment. For example, here’s an article everyone will want to read:

To achieve remarkable performances, quantum computing systems based on multiple […]

This column from AXIOS:

“What if instead of getting presents on our birthdays, we gave gifts?

That’s the question author Daniel Pink explores in a recent Washington Post column.

Why it matters: Acts of […]