Read Me First .. before the other blog entries

Read Me First


First things first – I am not much of a writer and I know it.  I write well enough, but I write as if I’m talking to the reader.  So, I have a few things I do to make it easier to “hear” what I’m saying.  I think these are fairly simple and easy to use, as long as you understand that I’m “talking” rather than “writing”.  If, however, you find these too difficult to use or understand, you might want to go read something else.

The following are the conventions I use:
        -xxx-        indicates “emphasis” of the word or phrase.
        =xxx=        indicates “heavy or especially stressed emphasis”
        :xxx:        indicates “sarcasm”
        ::xxx::        indicates “heavy or ‘dripping’ sarcasm”

Remember, I am -not- writing mere words to be read and interpreted however you feel like – I’m talking to you, so ‘listen’ carefully.  😆

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Secondly, remember, I’m a veteran, of “long, long ago in (what might as well have been) a galaxy far, far away”.  I enlisted, to do my ‘civic duty’, before the public (including me) was really aware of what or where Viet Nam was.  I was, to put it rather mildly, -very- naïve, meaning I actually believed all the things my elders told me.  I also had a very high IQ and learned things very quickly.  This meant I would ‘see’ and/or figure out things faaaaar above my ‘pay grade’.  Some people were not happy with me because of that.  To this day I have a ‘problem’ with Trust and Respect, especially of those in positions of “authority”.  Along with that goes a volcano-load of anger, =especially= at those who -refuse- to =THINK= (or only think in terms of what’s in it -for- =them=)!!

I also have a ‘problem’ with people who feel “entitled” without reason, but especially those who think their great wealth makes them ::better:: than everyone else, even if all they did was inherit it.  Don’t get me wrong – I have no problems at all with someone working hard and/or smart and becoming wealthy .. .. as long as they didn’t step on people or carelessly (?deliberately?) screw them over to get/keep their wealth.  I guess I’m one of those ‘throw-backs’ who honestly believe the bit about “to those whom great power and wealth is given, at least an equal amount of responsibility and duty to those below them is required”.  (I forget the fancy term for that – I think it was in Latin, but it could have been another language.)