The Rational Ram

Source of photo: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/107171666106720889/ I preface this post by offering my condolences to the families of Tony Wallace and Richard White, the two gentlemen killed in the White Settlement, Texas church shooting just before the New Year. Having grown up in Fort Worth, Texas, White Settlement is a suburb of Fort Worth, this shooting hits […]

Source of photo: https://direaldenzi.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/new-year-new-me-nynm-yeah-right/ On the eve of New Year’s Eve, I thought I’d post a rational message about how I approach every new year… As one might gather from the photo that opens this post, I’m not a big believer in “new year, new me” rhetoric. Truth be told, the vast majority of people […]

Source of photo: https://www.wecard.org/new-“21”-minimum-age-law-takes-effect-california Once upon a time, when a person turned 18 years of age, he or she officially became an adult, with the requisite responsibilities and privileges that come with being an adult. 18 year olds are at the age of consent to have sex in all 50 states, they don’t require a […]

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 […]