This post has updates about Mr. Rogers, sports betting, exercise, a new job search, and hoping for spring. Mr. Rogers It has been more than a month since Mr. Rogers died. I miss him so much. I still find myself talking to him sometimes. When I’m upset about something, I still wish to hold him… Continue reading Personal Updates for May First 2022
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Dear Mr. Rogers
At 3:22 PM on Friday, March 25, 2022, you took your last breath. You took your final breath on my chest in my chair, where we had shared so much time together. While the idea of losing you is incredibly painful, I know it had to be this way.
I’m Engaged!
On June first of 2021, I published I’m on Top of the World. At the time, I had been speaking to Desiree for five days. Writing On Top of the World, I knew my life was changing. I was having dreams of the life I always wanted but that too often seemed almost impossible.
I Finally Have a New Eye
In May of 2019, I began having issues with my prosthetic eye. Amazingly, it has taken about 31 months for me to reach a point where I have some confidence that the problem may be fixed.
Reviewing Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain: the secret history of the Sackler dynasty is one of the most upsetting, important books I have ever read. If you want to learn how America’s opioid crisis began and you aren’t afraid to be horrified by the corruption and dysfunction in American government, Empire of Pain is a… Continue reading Reviewing Empire of Pain
Congressional Progressives are Usless
The verdict for this episode is: Joe Manchin is worth all 100 progressives. Rough Transcript Hello, and welcome to Jonathan’s Verdicts. I’m Jonathan Simeone. The title of this episode is: Congressional Progressives are Useless. The verdict for this episode :is Joe Manchin is worth all 100 congressional progressives. As always, I don’t edit these podcast… Continue reading Congressional Progressives are Usless
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Reviewing the Cup of Coffee Club
Jacob Kornhauser’s The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 players and their brush with baseball history is another light read that fit with my peek interest in this year’s baseball playoffs. In the book, Kornhauser introduces us to and takes us through the experiences of 11 men who managed to play in just one major league… Continue reading Reviewing the Cup of Coffee Club
Capitalism Needs Brutal Policing
The verdict for this episode is: we must strike at capitalism first. Loose Transcript Hello, and welcome to Jonathan’s Verdicts. I’m Jonathan Simeone . The title of this episode is: capitalism needs brutal policing. The verdict for this episode is: wee must strike at capitalism first. As always, I don’t edit these podcast episodes, and… Continue reading Capitalism Needs Brutal Policing
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Reviewing Presumed Guilty
Erwin Chemerinsky’s Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights is an important and upsetting read. Chemerinsky, a constitutional lawyer and professor, walks us through decades of shockingly bad sometimes overtly racist rulings made by the Supreme Court that have served to help create our current police state.
Contaminated Drinking Water Tells the Story
Yesterday, I read about the contaminated drinking water injuring and killing the people of Benton Harbor, Michigan. So many of the factors plaguing Benton Harbor are familiar to us.