FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol. 7 No. 2

FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 2 by Johnny Heller GOOD GOD – IS IT ALREADY FEBRUARY? Well here we are, we just put 2014 to sleep and greeted 2015 with a rousing “HUZZAH!” only to realize that we’ve done none of the things we said we were going to do to make this “our” year. What are the chances that we can put a stop to our freefall into the same bad habits that ruined our 2014? If we are like most people (and we are – as we are most people) there are zero chances to fix things. Absolutely none. May as well continue to binge …

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FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol 7 No 1

FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 1 by Johnny Heller ON THE YEAR 2014 Many important things happened during the year. Sadly, I can’t remember a single thing without going to the internet and looking stuff up. A whole year and I’m not certain what happened without Google. Is that just me or are we all so used to learning about the world around us in social media sound bites that we’ve lost the facility of recall? I dunno. I do know that I can – and will – look up a few “news highlights of 2014” and then I will go “Oh Yeah! I remember that!” And …

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOl. 6 No.6

FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 6 NO 6 By Johnny Heller ON VACATIONS: For many years a large part of the American Dream was a job   — or at least the opportunity to land a job. And why was this “right to work” so important? Was it so one could feel imbued with a sense of belonging in an increasingly dehumanizing society? Was it so one could feed, shelter and clothe kith and kin? meh. Mostly the right to work — the desire and drive to earn a salary – can be summed up in one word – VACATION. Everyone deserves a vacation. But you can’t have a vacation …

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