Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Excellence is rarely seen; the artisan is dead to the world; and we all struggle through knowing that trinkets from foreign countries symbolize the incompetence of the universe in which we must continue to exist. Something is not working. We all know it, feel it, worry about it and whisper in circles where such things are concealed and rarely revealed. […]
There are searches for origins and those for solutions, regardless of the source. One hears about the “source of the Nile” or of the Mississippi river; or of the origin of the species, how Man came about to become who he or she is, why and what of the destination. To ask, “From where?” is quite different from the query, “How?” […]
The similarities are almost indistinguishable; yet, the slightly nuanced distinction makes for the differentiation between intent and desire, and while both are nouns, it is not the grammatical identifier by which we seek their impetus. The former is often unknown, hidden, deliberately concealed, such that a kind gesture or an act of empathy […]
The time of change and spectrums of colors beyond mere rainbows of solitude; it is often poetically described as the season of deterioration, of old age before the winter of mortality. Fall brings about a freshness of cooler winds, a precursor of foretelling that those dog days of summer have come to an end. Ever look at the fallen leaves and mistake them for something else… ? […]
Prognostication of weather, beyond a day (or sometimes a couple of hours) can be treacherous and self-defeating. With enhanced computer networks which reevaluate information as it is fed with information concerning patterns of predictability, shifting atmospheric changes and spectrums of barometric alterations; cumulatively, a pie in the face is preferable despite advanced technologies allowing for respectable predictability. […]
It is the lack which often compels motion, and thus do we observe that “necessity is the mother of invention”, a proverb derived from a centuries’ old Latin phrase denoting that hardships result in unique ways in which to compensate for deprivation. The opposite perspective — of plenitude and overabundance of indulgence — also reflects a lack, but one which which identifies the predicate based upon the negative subject: of being spoiled and wanting of motivation and desire to succeed. […]