Ouch. Yes, Lyme disease is such a game changer for a lot of people. I have pretty much stopped doing Facebook, except as an occasional vessel to post updated family event photos; it works for that since

Ah yes. That. Yes. I have piles and folders and notepad docs on my computer and laptop with partially "baked" ideas that I will most likely never use... but then again, maybe I will, someday!

My former father-in-law was always saying that the only thing he really cared about was whether he could — with a good conscience — claim that he had left the world even just a little bit better as a result

Absolutely, life does not get easier! I do believe life is pretty much what we create it to be... and we're not "owed" a damn thing, simply for being upright and breathing.

Yes perhaps a subtle distinction, but also worthy. There's a difference between those who simply sit back and go wah-wah and those who actively pursue free handouts, wherever they can get them.

Indeed... the best thing we can do for ourselves is to do our best, and stay true to our own course, rather than allow others to tell us how we "should" be living our lives. And yes, I do think

Well, I guess we're of the generation that immediately preceded all the entitlement issues. I still work hard and long hours, but at least we're succeeding in making life easier and less expensive, meaning

Of course everyone is here for the money! "The money" currently ranks about 3rd on my list of why I am here. I'd hardly characterize the rest as "bullshit and lies;" but I say that

That was what impressed me when I first got here... the users seemed far more intelligent and respectful than Crapbook and other places. Still here, 4.25 years later. POB does look promising; it's an

Time does pass by, doesn't it? I remember sitting in with my friend Sam Jones circa 1984 and dialing up the University of Texas mainframe from his Radio Shack TRS-80 personal computer (state of the art!),

Happy Birthday @brittandjosie! It's still May 7th here in the western USA, so I'm not actually late!

this unfolding leaves us emptier and even more incomplete than we were to begin with because we try to fill our own beings with the pieces that actually belong to others. Dearest Jaynie, so much comes

Extraordinary beauty seems to happen when we are not at all waiting for it, and it takes us aback with its perfection. Most of the time, it's unplanned. Even when we try to have "no expectations,"

Yes, that! That sense of global connectivity. Technically speaking, I "cut my teeth" on early versions of AOL which was really the first to go from BBS systems to a more graphic interface...

Appreciate the inside insight into the workings of the census... I often wondered how they could expect to come up with accurate numbers. For example, our 33-year old son still lives "here,"

I don't necessarily think growth itself is a negative so much as the underlying reasons why growth is being promoted as something that stands separate from just an "organic" ebb and flow of

Funny you should mention that; somehow I ended up with Agenda 2030 as part of a piece I was working on about the way trust in government and corruption differs around the world, and how that colours people's

Thanks for the comment and mention @slackerman, appreciate you stopping by, and your engagement efforts. We definitely need more of that on Hive!

Thanks for the inclusion and the shoutout @slackerman; appreciate the initiative! Yes, engagement matters... been part of various engagement and curation initiatives here for over four years, and in the

Yes, well... regret is definitely not something I want to live with... and I have mostly managed not to.