All I want for Christmas is more young people in America like this young man: Taylor Wydemon is the son of a girl friend of my cousin's son. I met him once at a family reunion and have been a friend of his on Facebook since. Now Taylor is a kid - age 16 - …
Category: My Rants
The Watts Family Murders – By Kylie Nix
Note from the owner of the website: This is the second of two Article's my granddaughter, Kylie Nix, has written that is being posted to this website. The first article can be found here. I think you may find this one both Very Sad and Very Interesting … Jerry Nix On August 13, 2018 Christopher …
Comparing Norway’s Prison System to the U. S. By: Guest Writer – Kylie Nix
Note from Website Owner: I received an email from my granddaughter this week and she had sent me two papers she had written for classes in College. I think she did this because she as read some of the things I've written about that interests her. The first article was about Neuro linguistics in the …
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We need more babies in America
Current Trends ... We need to have more babies born in America ... if we are going to survive long-term ... not less babies. For the population to reproduce itself at current numbers, the “total fertility rate” needs to be 2,100 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age over their lifetime, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and …
Facebook Question Deserves and Answer!
Note from Author: This all starts with a Facebook Post between two cousins that I got involved in. I probably should have not got involved … but I did and now I need to answer for my post. I decided to answer here so that all could see my thoughts -- right or wrong! The …
People Not Making Decisions
The one thing that really burns me is the inability of most American People to make a decision and stick with it. I am in the process of helping my mother and brother sell some items that belong to my mother so that she can move into a retirement community. She is certainly downsizing her …
Why do I write?
The early years ... Many people, since my retirement, has asked why I write. I've loved writing since I can remember first learning how. One of my favorite subjects in school growing up on the south side of Chicago was writing. I hated math, reading, spelling, history, social studies, geography, art, and even P. E. -- …
Why do I Risk the Ride?
Before telling you why I risk riding Motorcycles ... perhaps it is best if I give you a little history about the various motorcycles that I have owned. My First Motorized Bike ... The year was 1964-1965; I was about 13 or 14 years of age with a morning paper route. I also worked the afternoons in …
I’m Tired of Gun Control
Mass Shootings Two mass shootings within 24 hours, leaving 31 people dead, has once again brought the spotlight on gun ownership and gun control in the United States. An attack on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday left 20 dead, while nine died in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday. The …
Headed to War (Part 6), One More Time
Note from the Author: This is part six of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part Five by clicking on the links. Well I was sitting on that big airliner headed back to Vietnam for Round two. I'd completed my first tour of …