Monthly Archives: December 2014

@dpbkmb I’m not much of a sharer. I hesitate to hang around. #StrasbourgFranceMissionaries. @France24_en @AFP

@dpbkmb I’m not much of a sharer. I hesitate to hang around. #StrasbourgFranceMissionaries. @France24_en @AFP

@dpbkmb I’m not much of a sharer. I hesitate to hang around. #StrasbourgFranceMissionaries. @France24_en @AFP

@dpbkmb I’m not much of a sharer. I hesitate to hang around. #StrasbourgFranceMissionaries. @France24_en @AFP

“And why is it new age values in Western society would tell us there is no inherent evil in the world but only gray areas of right and wrong? Oh, he wasn’t evil when he raped a teenager; he may … Continue reading →

Kudos to Capitalism: Customer Appreciation Did you ever hear the soundbite “One of the world’s greatest companies resorting to torture.”?   A dichotomy of sorts. Wasn’t 9/11 a symbolic if not overt attack on Wall Street capitalism? I’m not giving … Continue reading →

Kudos to Capitalism: Customer Appreciation Did you ever hear the soundbite “One of the world’s greatest companies resorting to torture.”? Copyright John Rubens 12-11-2014

I bet Dick Grasso was 56 when he said “Shut it down” along with the Board of the NYSE post September 11, 2001. I’m 56.

Better to be friends with the winemaker than have a 5 dollar coupon on a $3.00 wine.copyright12082014JohnRubens

Prologue: When I was a student at Warren College, one of a cluster of colleges at the University of California at San Diego, I took a job as a janitor, cleaning dorm rooms during the transition from Spring to Summer … Continue reading →