Chet Baker sings…
If you can listen to him alone, in the dark, at two o’clock in the morning, and not cry in your whiskey, then either there’s something wrong with you, or you’ve made all the right decisions in your life....
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Adamcik
I can’t imagine he’s alive now…
Thinking about friends and near friends, and a few who never would have become friends. But time goes by for them all, just the same. .
Read MoreDéjà vu all over again – Putin in Ukraine
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jun 15, 2022 | History, Human Nature, Notes, Politics, War | 0 |
Russia’s unprovoked and ongoing invasion of Ukraine is a lesson on many levels. The innumerable interpretations by any number of experts, the news coverage of every slant, and the public reaction…all are informative...
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be human?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jun 14, 2022 | Human Nature, Notes, Significance, The self | 1 |
Reflecting on my latest read here, by Oliver Sacks, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For Hat.” Sacks, a neurologist working in Beth Abraham’s chronic care facility the Bronx, presents brief case studies of...
Read MoreIt figures…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 25, 2022 | Human Nature, Notes, Society, Tribalism | 0 |
For the last six months I’ve been watching a Great Courses overview of ancient civilizations. Forty-eight episodes covering all early development, from Mesopotamia to Egypt and the Chinese, Greece and Rome, to Mesoamerica...
Read MoreThe Villages, Florida…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 10, 2022 | Class, Modern culture, Notes, Politics, Society, Values | 0 |
Over the last two weeks I’ve been road-tripping through Florida. As I was driving homeward via the central part of the state, I decided to see the infamous “Villages,” described variously as having the highest...
Read MoreHeading earthward…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 2, 2022 | Death, Mortality, Notes, Reality, Self-image, The self, Time | 0 |
I have an old friend (old as in I’ve known him for forty-four years, and old as in he turned one hundred six weeks ago). We met in 1978 and have been close since, though he is thirty years my senior. When he was my current...
Read MorePersonal responsibility and living your identity
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 29, 2022 | Contentment, Fear, identity, Notes, Self-image, The self | 0 |
The gravity of this topic merits further thought, but I’m not sure how to frame the discussion. I suspect few seriously consider what it would mean to live who and what you are, and fewer would consider it possible....
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