Well, but…

I know it’s been a while but as I stated above, I have an excuse. In my last post all the way back in June I wrote about anger and being angry. I made a decision back then that I would step away until I got a handle on that […]

Is anger a persistent state as a person ages? Does a person just become angry and remain so as he or she gets older? There are so many things that just set me off. Stupid, little, inconsequential things. Things like: I’ve logged into this account a dozen times with the […]

I’ve got a subbing assignment for the next week and a half for mostly 8th grade math. Their attention is on anything but math. Their attitude ranges anywhere between apathy and rebellion. I struggle with this because there is still plenty of work that needs to be done and I’ve […]

I’m not sure what it is these days but there is a common thread that runs through most of my waking moments – ANGER. Everything seems to piss me off these days. People, circumstances, my job, politics. I touched on this recently but didn’t really post about it. I’m not […]

I normally don’t comment on petty personal stuff but I’m starting to develop a list of people who routinely piss me off. That means, as my sister put it a long time ago, I’m probably “shoulding people.” Or, as a former roommate explained it to me, I apparently have some […]

Saruman believes that is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found… I’ve found that it is the small things; every day deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.(…) -Gandalf: The Hobbit – An […]

I got a text this morning from somebody names Brian from Uber. It stated, and I quote.”Hi Scott. We noticed you haven’t been online recently. Are there any questions I can answer for you?” My questions as follow might not be what he was looking for. My first question was,”Why […]

I did something this past weekend that I haven’t done in a quite a long time and really tied one on. I got hammered. It was useful inasmuch as it showed me what’s going on with me emotionally. Lots – LOTS – of pent up anger and frustration. Macro anger […]

When everything can be called racism then nothing is racism. What will people say when there is an act of racism so blatant, so vile, so notorious it makes all other accusations pale in comparison? There will come a time when people – white people really since they’re the only […]

I’ve spent twenty years give or take being a substitute teacher. I got my social studies credential 12 years ago but I’m a dime a dozen before taking into account that I’m also white. Being 50+ and white there will never be a full time teaching position for me with […]