In these days, attempting to live a stable life is like being an empty trashcan in a tornado. All the headlines focus on what “Wanna be a dictator” is doing to the fabric of government; there are large situations […]

Mariner is a decrepit old man. It seems the medical industry does not understand that a different set of ailments and treatments exist for the ancient class. He admits he has some ire about the situation so he let […]

Everyone, around the world in fact, is inundated with the Trump phenomenon. Everyone around the world is troubled that their economics are so vulnerable to disruption. This vulnerability has a broader, peripheral […]

Mariner called a meeting with the three alter-egos a few days ago. The topic was democracy, though not so much as it is weaponized today. The open question was what situation induces democracy, or inhibits […]

The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history.

At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. Over the 8,000-year […]

This post is about the issue of self worth. But first, mariner’s comment on trends in automation as presented by Wiley’s desk calendar:

Perhaps the Egyptians had it right all along – hieroglyphics.
 

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Mariner may be considered a romantic when it comes to honoring the unique identity of individuals, families, communities, etc. Often, even more than often, he has attacked modern cultural trends because all of […]

The Atlantic magazine had a piece about what’s behind Trump irritating Greenland. The bigger perspective is what is important rather than Trump’s shenanigans about “buying” Greenland at any cost. From the […]

This is very personal information about your body. Your body has 800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 cells. If the reader doesn’t know how to say 26 zeroes, it is eight hundred million billion billion. […]

Regular readers know mariner is blessed to be married to the best poet ever to not be published. A few posts ago the focus was on the reintroduction of the Woolly Mammoth as a hairy mouse. It reminded him of a […]

Mariner’s family and friends have experienced some shuffling in the last few years. A close family member passed away as did a few friends. Other friends have moved. The children and grandchildren live in far away […]

This topic is one of those ‘Where did this come from?’ out-of-the-blue subjects no one ever thinks about but, as is his wont, mariner became interested in the process.

As this post is read, is the reader […]

There was an informative chart from NPR. The chart pointed out that a frequent pattern was the reduction in package size as a means of not raising prices. Mariner’s local supermarket also reduced options among […]

In a recent post mariner was baring his life experiences to demonstrate how one’s daily environment, whether work, community or family, sets the rules for one’s personal understanding of how human life works. One […]

As far as weather is concerned, today has been a fine day to practice the chores of Spring. 75°, no harsh wind, a cloudless Sun-shiny day. It felt good to be outside without sharing the experience with bitter […]

Picked this article from AOL news:

“This Brain Disease Is Set To Double Worldwide By 2050. Are We Prepared? What Scientists Say.
While a lot of new scientific studies are focused on better understanding and […]

Mariner has had 38 distinct jobs in his life. Everything from delivering newspapers to a contract in Taiwan building a computer system for the nation’s first fighter aircraft. He can avow that jobs shape one’s […]

Change can be good when it is needed. Changing underwear for example or cleaning the attic or buying another car. Every once in a while governments need to change, too. The issues are who (who changes one’s […]