When We First Start Selling

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  November 6th at 08:50 PM  | 

It was a while back in my chronological adulthood. I was under the delusion that I was cut out for professional sales. That delusion was a psychological adjustment to the fact that I had graduated from college amidst the 1991 recession, didn’t have credentials that would set the world afire, and couldn’t find much work outside the world of full commission sales. So I took | Read More »

Deus Ex Machina

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  October 16th at 08:12 PM  | 

Presidential Elections often change direction due to factors beyond the control of the competing campaigners. Often, unpredictable events occur, or something beneath the surface “just clicks.” No one really plans these events, they just beset candidates for office. Like the infamous Dukakis Tank Ride, Barack Obama’s Joe the Plumber Dialogue may have just given the GOP a gift from the gods. After that delightfully funny | Read More »

A Conservative Comes Out of the Mist

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  September 4th at 07:10 PM  | 

Jonah Goldberg once wrote an absolutely classic description of how the dominant high-brow culture in media and academia views those of us who hold conservative philosophical beliefs. His article, in turns, makes me want to laugh and then want to punch the used food out of some geeky, bespectacled Beltway liberal. His article was entitled Conservatives in the Mist. When the Conservatives “behave” in accordance | Read More »