Category: Ethics
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A Red Sky
A Red Sky A red sky dripping oozing blood backdrop ofsocietycivilization progressive pretense crusted and smothered in disease ashblackish grayish poverty deathdestroying every natural thing it touches vaunted techno-progress dealing death efficientlyprofoundlyinexorably Earth’s progenyfeed – declinecloth – declinehouse – declinewe’ve chosen asixth major extinctionfor greed’s sakefor profitfor ‘progress’ humanity but a virus blight on Terrafirmawhich…
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Tina W. – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Tina W. – Part 1 Back at Kinetico, after my split with Anne, one of my co-workers, an older engineer, Sue V., knowing of my recent separation from my wife, wanted to hook me up with her best friend, Tina W. I told her that I wasn’t interested and thought that was the end of…
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50+, Temp Work, and Divorced Round 2 – Part 2 – Memoir Continued
50+, Temp Work, and Divorced Round 2 – Part 2 I was having a late breakfast with a couple of the engineers I worked with at Rockwell and watched the two planes hit the towers on the diner’s TV, Breakiing News. Needless to say, the whole country was in shock and denial for years after.…
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50+, Temp Work, and Divorced Round 2 – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
50+, Temp Work, and Divorced Round 2 – Part 1 After a couple of years of being ‘single’, during which time I did have a couple of very short-term dating experiences, I met someone who would become my long-term partner and confidant. I’ll get into how we met soon, but for the present, suffice it…
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Child of Mine
Dear child of mineI hope that life, you will findIs kind to those with generous heartThose who keep an open mindThe trick is knowingHow to keep goingWith life’s uncertaintyI know you can do itAnd compassion willPull you through itI know you can beAll the good thingsYou can dream –LE
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Sane or Insane
Sane or Insane if walking around ina hubristic fog inan insane world is considered sanethen color me insane and glad of it worsewhen the planet’szeitgeist embracesthat insanity warnationalism genocideI wear insanity abadge of honor as the sane follow their lemming notions to theirlogical conclusionsextinction of Earth’sapex predatorshumans –LE Sorry to repeat, but I think it’s…
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Back Into the Void – Part 2 – Memoir Continued
Post Kinetico Transition For the rest of my working career, I was an on and off again ‘full-time’ temp (Contract Technical Writer). I never did find a full-time permanent job with any kind of benefits at all. The rest of this memoir will detail some of my jobs and ‘gigs’. Then, some of my retirement…
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Back Into the Void – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Back Into the Void – Part 1 A little over a year later, Kinetico laid me off. When they gave me my Exit Interview, they said they didn’t need a technical writer anymore, that the engineers’ secretaries would transcribe the engineering notes, and that would be good enough. So, there is no need for an…
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Anne – Part 20 – I Moved Out – Memoir Continued
The Split It took about a week, but I found an apartment in Ohio City, right across the river from Cleveland’s downtown, within walking distance of the RTA and the West Side Market. Guy helped me move in. It was the third floor of an old house that the owner was renovating for sale. My…
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Anne – Part 19 – Some Early Signs of the Inevitable (?) End – Memoir Continued
Some Early Signs of the Inevitable(?) End A few months into my stint at Kinetico, Anne was promoted to Head Editor of SWE Magazine. She also wanted to earn more and applied for an editorial position at Case Western Reserve University that came to her attention through those same Buddhist friends who had lent her…
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