The Rational Ram

Photo taken from: YouTube.com I love the 1972 film The Godfather. The picture that opens this blog post depicts one of my favorite scenes from the film, where Don Vito Corleone admonishes Johnny Fontaine for crying about not knowing what to do about not getting offered a movie role he desperately wanted by telling him […]

I often write about interpersonal relationships on this blog. I think it is an important, often overlooked, and misunderstood subject. Many people confuse self-preservation with selfishness. An analogy I often use to delineate self-preservation from selfishness is the airline flight safety brief analogy. When you are on your flight and the cabin doors close, the […]

Source of photo: http://www.dorkly.com/post/74241/the-steady-progression-of-grittiness-in-dc-movies Regular readers of this blog already know (or should already know) that I am jaded and finicky about movies today. I delve into the reasons why I feel this way in the post at the link below, however, the thoughts I convey in that post are more or less my personal […]

Tomorrow, I say goodbye to another valued friend that I not only served with (sadly not while we were both in uniform) as a Soldier, but also as an Army Civilian. Peace to his family and may he Rest In Peace, but his passing made me realize how blessed I am to have served my […]

Photo taken from Forbes.com To preface this post, I have on occasion cited author Robert Greene’s bestselling book The 48 Laws of Power. A good read, and I recommend the book to my readers, however, I think Greene’s conclusions concerning power are anachronistic and don’t apply to modern society. That said, his book is the […]

Money. It is the so-called “root of all evil”, “never sleeps”, and “makes the world go ’round”. Money is also the most misunderstood concept (yes, money is a concept) in the world. I posit that money is not the root of all evil, but rather it is the desire and/or need for it that drives […]

Source of photo: https://time.com/4339209/masculinity-crisis/ Let me preface this post by saying what should be self evident… Men and women are different. I believe most of the problems we see in our society today are the direct result of political and societal efforts to blur the lines between masculine and feminine roles in the name of […]

Source of photo: YouTube.com This blog post is the first of a planned series of four posts that outlines my philosophy on life. This first post stands as my take on life in general, but subsequent posts will cover: –Money and what it really is -Managing interpersonal relationships -How to win the game of life […]

Source of photo: https://www.loveyourlifetodeath.com/uploads/2/6/8/7/26879954/celebrate-age_orig.jpg As I approach age 50, I have a greater appreciation for the quote that opens today’s blog post. Let me preface what I am about to say by saying that by no means do I consider age 50 “old”. One is only as old as one feels. However, considering that the […]

Source of photo: http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2019/06/26/no-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-at-sdcc-another-disney-blunder/ The latest cinematic installment of the Star Wars franchise under Disney is set to hit theaters on 20 December 2019, titled The Rise of Skywalker, and I couldn’t care less about it… Why? A whole host of reasons. I articulated many of those reasons in a previous blog post about why […]