Call me Rich. The URL I've chosen contains the transliterated Russian word for enough (simply because everything appropriate I could think of in English has already been taken). "Enough" seems appropriate to my purpose; to rise in my offerings to the ideal of "sufficient" without descending into "superfluous". Call me on it if I fail.
You may note my habit of frequent parenthesizing. I'm aware of it, it suits my mode of expression, and I intend to continue the usage. Call it a (sort of) transcribed speech impediment if you wish.
I'm 81, a small, skinny, bright, pacific, and curious man living alone but for my dearest Tess, a 5.5 year old Bluetick Coonhound who came to me from the local animal shelter to adopt me, and has on occasion kept me alive. I tend toward the liberal, both politically and socially. I am not religious in the conventional sense, that is to say I reject the fantasy of a benevolent god, in who's image I am supposedly formed. Which is also to say I'm a humanist, and an existentialist. I am a pensioner, formerly involved in manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, and management to feed my body, and in volunteering in service to others to feed my soul.
It's my intention here to relate vignettes of my own odyssey, my take on the issues of the day, and personal experiences as they may occur. I value good faith interchange, and I earnestly solicit honest questions or comments about my offerings. That is, please no comments disguised as questions. Those of you who are products of human evolution will take my meaning.
