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Third Culture Kids

SOB: Son of a Bos'n Posted on January 11, 2010 by BobJanuary 11, 2010  

Military Brats are one of the main categories of Third Culture Kids. Since we tend to live in what we called “little America”, on the military base, in military house and attending military schools, we don’t get the same level of exposure to the culture and people of the country we are “visiting”. What we missed most was exposure to the US culture of our time.  Today, given modern communications technologies, that may not be much of an issue.  However, … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

SOB: Son of a Bos'n Posted on January 1, 2010 by bosunJanuary 1, 2010  

I can’t think of the number of times that I need a place to record a story.  My old personal web site is currently dormant and needs rebuilding to make it a decent blog site.   So, given that I was working on rebuilding the Boatswain’s old journal, I figured this would be as good a place as any to try and capture some of mine.

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

SOB: Son of a Bos'n Posted on February 20, 2008 by BobJune 27, 2010  

Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first inaugural address, at the heart of the great depression: I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure … Continue reading →

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He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

SOB: Son of a Bos'n Posted on March 3, 2007 by BobApril 4, 2010  

The famous psychologist Abraham Maslow once said, “He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail”. Thus, our legislatures and regulatory bodies, because they only have the ability to write laws, seem to think that laws can solve every problem. Too often, they overlook another physician’s mandate, “First do no harm.” Too often, in their desire to help they end up causing harm. I was meditating on this fact during this past week as I … Continue reading →

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He does not lend at usury or take excessive interest

SOB: Son of a Bos'n Posted on September 4, 2006 by BobOctober 7, 2015  

The psalm this past Sunday, Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 is a reflection on Ezekial 18:5-9, a description of a man of virtue. This one line from that reading hit me, simply because I have credit card debts that are years old, that I’ve been trying to pay “forever”. In California, the legal rate of interest is 10% for consumers; the general usury limit for non-consumers is anything over 5% greater than the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s rate, yet … Continue reading →

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