A little bit of everything
The opinions and analyses that Earl writes are his own and are not necessarily the positions or views of his employers, the agencies he supports, or that of his colleagues. Reach out with comments or questions.
Similar to Anne, my personal tragedy, though nothing that measures Anne’s struggles, pulled be out of my set demographic group. I am supposed to be married and at least have kids in high school. I am supposed to be happy in a relationship with a woman my age, and I need a body that looks like a man of my age’s body.
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Regardless of how any of us feel about the student debt nightmare in this country, when our president does make a decision, then the process that follows should work.
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The major cause of so many of our social problems, even violence in school, comes down to one major issue — our lack of intimacy with each other. Everyone needs and appreciates love.
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Trump is a clear and present danger to the United States, but I fear that President Biden is as well.
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As a contracted school bus driver for Anne Arundel County, I am hopeful that our school bus transportation seems in pretty good shape for the start of school on August 28. The County and our contractors and bus drivers deserve some credit, given the mess we are seeing elsewhere. I am reminded though that it is still early.
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For starters, this is an article about male and female, more traditional relationships. I don’t have the education, experience, or training to discuss non-binary and/or other LGBTQ++ relationships.
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In November of last year, I sat in a tattoo studio. I was a bit anxious and excited. I was getting my first tattoo. After nearly ten hours of enduring needles and a band called Fit for an Autopsy, I had Anne Frank’s face etched on my left arm.
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If you are like me, you grew up practically living on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The sad truth is that almost all major peanut butter brands are not really peanut butter.
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Even if it is only once a week, please do a kind thing for someone, just a random person. It does not matter how small you may think it is. No act of kindness is too small.
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I was taken aback when a former FBI investigator said that one reason why the holocaust happened was because of money. There is always money somewhere as a motive. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made. If we stigmatize a group of people, we can eventually take all their property and belongings and sell them.
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