The Rational Ram

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 […]

I’m keeping today’s blog post pithy. I’m reading a very interesting book this weekend that gently reminds me that my individual success is paid for by my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and ancestors who not only lived through the Civil Rights Movement and under the oppression of Jim Crow and slavery, but raised me to raise […]

Source of photo: https://insidesmallbusiness.com.au/sales-marketing/sme-owners-puzzled-over-the-power-of-marketing Reading through my Facebook feed, I found myself struck by the myriad of kerfuffles surrounding the mania over Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s new chicken sandwich. One such kerfuffle led to a man stabbing and killing another Popeyes patron, ostensibly over the aforementioned chicken sandwich. I use the word “struck” vs “perplexed” or […]

And 10 ways to maximize your time on this planet. To say that life is short is a hackneyed cliche, to say the least. However, what is considered a short life is quite relative. I personally don’t measure life in terms of longevity, but rather in terms of quality. I apply this line of thinking […]

And why you should take all political ideologies with a grain of salt. In my undergraduate studies in political science, one of the cornerstones of my political education that I was always aware of, but never read or previously heard articulated and condensed to a single phrase or sentence is… Political ideology breeds hypocrisy. Little […]

Are you sleepwalking through life? To define the metaphor, “sleepwalking through life” simply means that you meander through your day, everyday, and simply “go through the motions” without having your own plan or purpose. You live for the benefit of other people by making ceaseless concessions, which means you are not truly in control of […]

Ten pieces of advice to help my male readers act (or continue to act) like men. 1. Eat a proper diet, limit the partying and alcohol, and exercise regularly, including weight lifting. Lifting things up and putting them down helps you to maintain your testosterone levels and will likely go a long way towards attracting […]

For my readers who follow me regularly, the movie quote and the message behind it is something you are familiar with because I often repeat some version of it when it comes to the subject of male-female interpersonal relationship dynamics… Men bear the burden of performance. To the ideologically-inclined (read: blinded to reality by their […]