Book review by Ron Murdock “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things that were left behind by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln A while back I read a book by Ernie Zelinski titled 101 Really Important Things, the subject matter was about the things we miss out on, yet these things are under our noses …
Mental Wandering And Random Thoughts Part 8 by author and philosopher Ron Murdock. One thing I look for in a person is if they’re an independent thinker or a one size fits all type, which leaves no room for flexibility or learning how to think… Good advice to follow is believe what you say, say what you believe… Everyone has …
Assumptions About Jesus by Ron Murdock addresses common assumptions made since his death and resurrection. Who Hasn’t Heard Of Jesus? I wonder if there is anyone in the last millennia or two who hasn’t heard of Jesus. It seems that Jesus is the best known figure in history yet probably is the least known. If one was to ask who …
A Third Look At Celibacy By Ron Murdock discusses the virtues and liabilities of sexual abstinence. It’s hard to say if celibacy is making a comeback or not. People are known to fudge on numbers, saying they’ve been celibate for any length of time. Their ego starts to over inflate the length of being celibate to make themselves look good …
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are: It might have been” – Kurt Vonnegut When leaving regrets behind the first thing to do is to drop the mask you’re wearing. If you feel you have to wear a mask to impress, ask yourself if these are the type of people you want to be hanging around …
English Is One Of The Hardest Languages To Learn English Is A Hard Language To Learn Part 2 by Ron Murdock explores how English is one of the most complex languages on Earth to learn and gives some very good reasons why: The leaf did eventually leave the tree. The prophet wanted to make a profit with his business. An …
“One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much B.S.” – Harry Frankfurt, author of B—S—.” Lies Become The Truth The Truth About BS Part 1 by Ron Murdock is a post about all of the BS (aka: malarkey, nonsense, stupidity, etc.) in today’s world. We’re living in an age where those in a …
Mental Wanderings And Random Thoughts Mental Wanderings And Random Thoughts Part 7 by Ron Murdock is yet another clever gathering of mental musings and visual perusings. Be careful when getting involved with the paranormal, as any number of dark entities from this realm could get interested and leech on to you. How often is the saying, “I’m only human”, used …
Can you imagine if all the social media outlets went down for an extended period of time? I can see people start going into withdrawal and not being able to handle the free time. They may just have to enter a rehab clinic to detox then form their own 12 step group. I really don’t need to know who had …
Is Railroad Safety Being Forgotten? Ii would appear that rail safety is no longer as important as it used to be. Some time ago an investigation by CBC News apparently found out that CN Rail failed to report 1,800 derailments and accidents across Canada. This total included 44 incidents on their main line. 1,800 seems to be an extremely high …
MORE UFO SGHTINGS By Ron Murdock There are a lot of UFOS spotted in the skies of the West Kootenays. In late August of 2014, I was in Nelson, BC, lying in bed and awake. It was somewhere between 2:00 and 4:00 in the morning. Suddenly the bed started to vibrate slowly. I got thinking that a low magnitude earthquake …
By Ron Murdock Somehow English has become the number one language in our world. Yet it has so many words that sound the same, but have different meanings. Below are a few examples. An oldie is which witch is which. I went to the store to buy two liters of milk too. The bear went bare on the beach but …
“Loneliness is marked by a sense of isolation. Solitude, on the other hand, is a state of being alone without being lonely and can lead to self awareness.” – Hans Estroff Marano It would be interesting to find out how many people can tell the difference between being alone or being lonely. Alone is being able to enjoy one’s own …
The effects of shift work on a person’s mind, body and spirit could be called Legion. Fatigue that never seems to end, sleeping habits out of whack, mood swings and strained relationships are just a few of the symptoms that affect a person. One man said working the graveyard shift “in short sucked, in long terms it sucked bad”. He …
I like Occam's Razor, it goes that if you have two or more but equally good explanations of the same experience, you pick the simplest...
