Fresh Ground

no pretense
JANUARY 28, 2009 8:01PM

It Had A Nice Ring To It, revisited

 

I posted the first chapter of my novel here, and just deleted it; because one of my OS friends alerted me to the Terms and Conditions of posting on Open Salon.  I would really like to share my fiction with you, but will do so under other circumstances.  I'm sorry. … Read full post »

JANUARY 20, 2009 1:50PM

Not just raspberries

 

Recently I entered a contest on sustainability that was supposedly put on by Lexus, and hosted here on OS.   I wrote a piece that was on topic and timely and truthful and powerful, and it garnered support and very positive feedback from friends and associates who read it, with… Read full post »

DECEMBER 29, 2008 5:30PM

My 25, per request, as noted willy nilly

 

1. I didn't pay for the Secret.  It came to me as a free download.

2. I solved the curse of the Bambino in my second book.

3. That pic is not an avatar.  It's really me; it's recent; and I didn't even… Read full post »

DECEMBER 5, 2008 9:00PM

More on the Auto Bailout

I don't think Congress is listening.  I am writing regularly to the Obama-Biden transition team, but I doubt they're listening either.  We shouldn't be allowing huge corporations to go unaccountable for their failed business strategies.  That goes for GM as well as the financial indust/… Read full post »
DECEMBER 4, 2008 7:26PM

Bailing out GM and the auto industry

Based upon GDP  (Gross Domestic Product) General Motors Corporation is the 23rd largest economy in the World.   http://www.corporations.org/system/top100.html   GM is ranked between Turkey (22nd) and Denmark (24th).   Ford Motor Company is ranked as the 27th largest econ… Read full post »

DECEMBER 2, 2008 9:13PM

Health care in America

 

I am not attempting to trivialize the AMA, the hippocratic oath, the incredible advances science has made in the medical field - or the dedication and objectives of our physicians... but there is an onerous and fundamental flaw in the health care system of the entire Western world.  Our d… Read full post »