The blue roads of thinking

Random thoughts on the blue highways.
You never know what you will find on the blue highways. Particularly when the choice at an intersection is controlled by the roll of a die. About the only rule is that highway onramps don't count as an intersection. You don't even have to roll the die. If one road looks interesting, go for it.

Friday, January 10, 2020

Unexpected Dining Excellence

I lived 23 years in New York and eating out was our favorite luxury as we both had demanding careers. So too many elaborate meals to count ...

Monday, December 9, 2019

Lois McMaster Bujold

Many pixels have been expended debating the ‘best’ order in which to read what have come to be known as the Vorkosigan Books, the Vorkosive...

Saturday, November 30, 2019

On Risk Taking and Dying

It must be assumed that anyone visiting dangerous places or doing anything life threatening at such places knows and accepts the risk of doi...

Monday, September 30, 2019

Stonekettle: Time of Danger

Stonekettle Station Danger Close Posted: 30 Sep 2019 09:03 AM PDT Representative Denny Heck (D-WA) : "Is it okay for a p...

Friday, September 13, 2019

UBI not Reparations

Those who really deserve reparations and their communities will benefit the most from UBI outside income, since most who deserve reparation...

Ten Most Influential Books

I’ll try to limit to 10 Steinbeck: The Red Pony. (My first gift book. 5 yr. birthday) Grapes of Wrath East of Eden Heinlein...

Thursday, May 9, 2019

On RePUBliC!!1

Nyah Wynne https://www.facebook.com/nyah.wynne/posts/2681680871905784 "We don't have a democracy, we have a R...

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Pete Seeger vs HUAC

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religio...

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Making Undergraduate Neighborhoods Work

The idea of neighborhoods might be an opportunity for Greeks to provide the seed for the social center of the neighborhood. I am assuming ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Bringing Up Men Properly.

It has been done for many decades even before Feminism introduced some of its idiocies that made it harder. It helps if there are at le...

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

City Park Lighting

Lighting city parkways is critical for the people using the park; however it can be harmful to the fish, wildlife, and vegetation that m...

Friday, September 7, 2018

Personal Principle Management.

From Facebook: How do you tell the difference between betraying your principles and learning new ones? Principles are your guide for ...

Friday, August 31, 2018

The Two Bums

Nyah Wynne 24 mins · The Two Bums The bum on the rods is hunted down as an enemy of mankind The other is ...

Monday, July 30, 2018

On Nounig

http://www.shakesville.com/2009/01/nouning-considered-harmful.html

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Customs Discussion: Beyond This Horizon, RAH

To believe you can live free of your cultural matrix is one of the easiest fallacies and has some of the worst consequences. You are part ...

Thursday, May 24, 2018

You Asked, She Said "No," Now What?

The first thing you need to internalize is that you are just another dick in that small majority of the population that has one. The next...

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About Me

J'Carlin: Silicon Valley, CA, United States; Don't look for me much on the big news sites, I skim through them, but rarely find much that is worth commenting on. As a young son once said "We don't watch TV news, dad won't let us watch violence programs." I still don't. Interests are religion, marketing theory (that is not an oxymoron,) Advertizing, digital photography, APOD, and historically, rocket science. e-mail: jcarlinbl@gmail.com The literary version is found at Thinking On the Blue Roads The raw data for which can be found on The Blue Roads of Thinking.

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