Dick Pellek

On Playing FreeCell Solitaire To Test Cognitive Acuity

On Playing FreeCell Solitaire To Test Cognitive Acuity
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    On Testing Mental Acuity   FreeCell solitaire Game #48995 played and won in 2:04 minutes and 84 moves sets a high bar for recognizing and executing the moves it takes to win.  The Footloose Forester...
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Fake Photo Marries Fake News

Fake Photo Marries Fake News
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    Photoshopped Deep Fake Photos and Fake News Get Married Not that anyone cares, but certain “news” feeds on the Internet continue to mislead readers with clickbait gambits to lure them into informational stories that have...
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A Vision From Heaven

A Vision From Heaven ***   ­No Body, No Wings   The Vision Couldn’t Be Seen by Eye   But Through My Humbled Mind   A Beautiful Spirit of Color   That Floated Tirelessly, From Here to There   From its Bottom, Stars Sparkled   And Bright Lights Shone Through  ...
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Hectarage

Hectarage
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Hectarage   The stimulus to attempt another chronicle of the Essays variety owes its impetus to both a previous posting on social media and to a dream about that posting.  Hectarage , as the purported...
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts...My Mind Is Made Up

Don't Confuse Me With Facts...My Mind Is Made Up
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Don’t Confuse Me With Facts…My Mind Is Made Up     Very often the stimulus to pen a chronicle is based on a recent event that opened up old wounds.  The most recent stimulus had...
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Why Are The Birds Sending Me Signs?

Why Are The Birds Sending Me Signs?
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Why Are The Birds Sending Me Signs?   They swoop in when they decide to congregate, they pick at their feasts in front of your eyes, and they stay until their leaders tell them to...
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SS Dominator Shipwreck

SS Dominator Shipwreck
I saw this hike in the L.A. Times and wanted to go, so Omid and I planned a day to get down there. The hike was pretty easy but for the big stones on the beach, but we had a great day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Dominator That is our trail right over there. We...
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Big Horn Mine

Big Horn Mine
After hiking to Mount Baden Powell, we saw that the parking lot was shared by this hike. So we planned to come back and hike down instead of up. This was a rather short but exciting hike. Someone broke out one of the bars at the entrance of the mine and...
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The Bush Dynasty and the JFK Assassination, unraveling a Complex Political Puzzle

The Bush Dynasty and the JFK Assassination, unraveling a Complex Political Puzzle
Hypotheses:  The convergence of two influential political dynasties, the Bush family and the Kennedy assassination, presents a captivating narrative that intertwines power, conspiracy, and historical intrigue. This examination delves into the intricate connections and events that suggest a possible involvement of the Bush family in the assassination of President John F....
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JFK, conspiracy theory

JFK, conspiracy theory
The Ruby connection: Ruby was at the jail house, and was also reportedly seen at the hospital and Daley Plaza, some say he was a lead in the operation. Yet, when the mob called upon him to be the ONLY one to give up his life for the cause and kill Oswald,...
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JFK, the case for a lone gunman

JFK, the case for a lone gunman
I was 10 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated. I made a lonely walk home from school, sad and confused by what had happened. It has been 50 years since then and we still don't know what happened in Dealey Plaza. Not believing that one lone man could be responsible for such a...
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STRONG MEN create CONTENT MEN, who create WEAK MEN!

STRONG MEN create CONTENT MEN, who create WEAK MEN!
WWII warriors were the greatest generation, who then spoiled the Baby Boomers, who then gave participation trophies to their kids. If the Millennials had to worry about real world problems, they wouldn't have time to contemplate removing their genitals.
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The great American mantra

The great American mantra
* You will have to pry my free stuff from my cold dead hands! * Everyone knows we need to cut spending, just not MY SPENDING, and raise taxes, just not MY TAXES!
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The root cause of human suffering

The root cause of human suffering
In the most private spaces of each person's inner conscious life, a deep dissatisfaction is lurking, a nagging sense that life is somehow out of kilter, misaligned, not quite as it should be.     No matter how rich or secure or successful a person may be, a fundamental dissatisfaction still...
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The Changing Landscape of American Prosperity

The Changing Landscape of American Prosperity
A Historical Perspective;     Following the conclusion of World War II, the United States stood as a beacon of industrial prowess, virtually unscathed by the ravages of war. This unique advantage positioned America as the global leader in manufacturing and trade. Over the ensuing three decades, a period marked by...
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An ode to my hiking buddy

An ode to my hiking buddy
Once and a while when hiking with my old friend, he in the lead, me following behind; but not a word is passed between us, for he has grown hard of hearing over the years, but occasionally hums a tune, which harmonized well enough with my philosophy. Our intercourse was thus...
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What makes AMERICA GREAT

What makes AMERICA GREAT
Our creator provided man with a planet full of FREE and abundant raw materials, yet for 6000 years man struggled just to survive. Every person is born with an abundance of human energy, and when human energy and FREE raw materials collide, survival takes place. In less than one century, in...
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What is outside man's control

What is outside man's control
Nothing more than birth, life, suffering, and death. We are given responsibilities and duties which harass us from the very first moment of the day, to distract us from thinking about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. Our lives are empty and we cannot face...
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Baby Boomers v Their Children

Baby Boomers v Their Children
Baby-boomers have lived through one of the longest periods of prosperity in U.S. history, GDP grew by 550% over the past 31 years. The reason for this prosperity is primarily due to an unprecedented drop in interest rates over the same period, from 15% to 2.2% today, see chart attached. And...
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