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Top Forty Revision

(First revision of) Top Forty Albums: Queen – Night at the Opera Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Led Zeppelin – IV Leonard Cohen – The Essential Leonard Cohen Jimmy Buffett – You Had To Be There Little … Continue reading

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Top Forty

(First draft of) Top Forty Albums: Queen – Night at the Opera Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Led Zeppelin – IV Leonard Cohen – The Essential Leonard Cohen Jimmy Buffett – You Had To Be There The … Continue reading

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often less than 10%

We learn at a very young age how a small number of people (often less than 10%) can redirect energy and stymie progress with noisy disruption and irrelevant distraction. And when there is no accountability and there are no consequences … Continue reading

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Inimical

In today’s America I believe opportunity is more equally distributed than in decades past BUT only within each stratum of wealth, and the further one’s stratum is from the greatest wealth the more unequal opportunity becomes, and the opportunity gap … Continue reading

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Capitalism is a Cult…

My last day as a bank teller is Monday, August 18, 2025; that is 169 days employed in the position. I have learned a lot. In my letter of resignation I cited as the predominant reason the fact that we … Continue reading

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