Monthly Archives: December 2021

The Unintended Bliss Connected To “Going Under”

I never got a chance to call myself a “jitz bro” or one of Eddie’s kids. I found jiu jitsu late in my life. I wasn’t huge on the karate McDojo phase when I was a kid. I tried jiujitsu … Continue reading

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What Can Be Salvaged From The Denver Shootings…

I was greatly saddened by the news that Lyndon McLeod took many lives in a few shootings at various locations in Denver Colorado. I enjoyed his work and at one time I had thought that he was turning the corner … Continue reading

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On F*cking, Or How You Should Get Over Yourself

I have side stepped this posting for a few weeks. I also was inspired by Rob (@RobSays__) and his comments in the realm of men overthinking things. I wanted to build on what he has said. (Polite note: I borrowed … Continue reading

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Small Christmas Miracles: The Other Families

I had been blessed to see fall in a beautiful yet foreign place to me. I had saw the leaves turn and enjoyed the wind catching a chill. It was harder to earn a sweat and frost nipped certain areas … Continue reading

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Interesting To Kids Subjects: Grain and Sugar Explosions

I decided to avoid talking about Elizabeth Warren’s “shot across” grocers and Goetz shooting subway muggers, but wanted to make note of something interesting: From onthisday.com; December 22, 1977 “36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes”. … Continue reading

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The Miserable Christmas Visits Many A Great Man

I have mentioned to a few that I have had mixed results when it came to Christmases. I had vehicle breakdowns. I ended up sleeping at an airport waiting for my flight. I ended up working (washing dishes) on the … Continue reading

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FreeMatt in Review: 12-13 to 12-17

Time will tell… heaven or hell…or something like that. In the meantime, this is the FreeMatt in Review Conservatives Learn Nothing From The Past: Nanking Massacre/Rape of Nanking To underestimate what your enemies are capable of is folly, I share … Continue reading

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To Play It Safe Is To Gamble: Circular Logic

I remember stepping into the “National Bank” as a young kid with my father. I loved the smiling ladies at the counters, which were within eye shot of the door and in the middle of a sprawling, beaituflly tiled floor. … Continue reading

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Inhumane Resources: Rent-A-Suck

I have flown to a few major cities. A few times I have been blessed to have someone pick me up. I always love having someone else drive. I was never fond of being behind the wheel. (To be honest … Continue reading

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Conservatives Learn Nothing From The Past: Nanking Massacre/Rape of Nanking

If you couldn’t read the title, on this date in 1937, the Japanese plundered Nanking. Murdering civilians and taking “liberties” as if they were victors of millennia past. (This was after the fact that most modern armies look down at … Continue reading

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