The Human side of Humanity

Good day, I have returned from a lengthy blog absence and at times wanted to pop open the trusty laptop and type but there was usually limited time to share my unlimited thoughts.  I have done some travel in the time since the last blog.  I went to what is nearly the very middle of the United States, St. Louis,  Missouri.  I've been there many times but it's been such a long time since I was there in summer I didn't realize that the humidity is like Florida....and it was over 100 degrees every day!  Yikes!  I couldn't think straight enough in the heat to write a coherent piece. (Maybe I never do) When traveling I find people watching to be particularly interesting.  Airports will bring together every piece of humanity from many cultures.  The human ingredients mixed in an airport also have every part of the emotional spectrum.  Since I had a 90 minute delay I chose to use it as an opportunity rather than a drag.  Let's start at securit...

Good day, here in the USA, Happy Independence Day! To those of of us here in greater Questionopolis, Happy Birthday!  The Answerman does celebrate what it means to have lived my entire life in this country.  The 4th of July is the day the country was born in the nearby metropolis of Philadelphia- also where I was born and lived for several years.  You don't have to love it, you don't have to love us...but we do enjoy many freedoms that others do not.  Since this blog has been read in several countries, well, there are cultural differences and in some of those places less freedom. This is not to say that there is not some forms of oppression, repression that lead to emotional recession.  Yes, it happens in our cities, neighborhoods and households -in small ways that can become large issues as time progresses.  The statistical and psychological facts have been proven that events in childhood can have permanent impact.  By the way - Answerman- not a fa...