Oneoveralpha's Ramblings

A month or so ago, I saw some article where some billionaire said something like, “You peasants can’t understand how tough it is to be rich....

This is an idea I had years ago that I wrote up, but didn’t do anything with.   I think I wanted to do a series of these blogs, but never wr...

“Change for the Better?” “Let me get this straight, you want to preach the word of God to …” The young man interrupted with, “Yes, it’s ...

“The Gift of Vomit” I turn off my phone and set it back on the dresser.  Just as I snuggle back under the covers, I hear my upstairs neigh...

I live in a very rural area.   It’s about fifteen miles from where I live to where I work, and my preferred route has about ten miles of bac...

I’ll start by saying that I’m a SpaceX fan.   I watched their first successful Falcon 1 flight and I probably jumped for joy at the thought ...

Roughly speaking, there are two big economic theories in the world today: capitalism and socialism.   A lot of people spend a lot of time ta...

Over the years, I’ve tried a few sites where you answer surveys or whatever and earn some type of token.   Earn enough tokens and you can ca...

I am a big supporter of autonomous vehicles.   Not only are they an aspect of “The Future” that we’ve been waiting so long for, but they wil...

Here’s an idea on how to replace the Electoral College.   This election system starts much the same way as the current one does, with each p...

About ten years ago, I had a good paying, 9-5 job that I … didn’t like all that much.   So I moved back home to help my parents around the h...

So the other night – as I was trying to fall asleep – I had an interesting idea I thought about turning into a story, for a bit.   It seems ...

For the last few years, I’ve tried to have a free sale for my ebook of political stories, Political Pies, around the Fourth of July.   But t...

“Naïve Thoughts” The old man stood up behind the podium and raised his snifter of brandy to the score of gentlemen seated around the...