by ROBERT ZERR | Mar 23, 2024 | Life Lessons
As one who spent most of his life telling stories, it recently dawned on me that a lot of the tales I tell are “lasts.” Lasts, you say? Stay with me, and perhaps you will see that your own life is filled with “lasts,” some you may not even realized or, in...
by ROBERT ZERR | Aug 14, 2022 | Life Lessons, Pirate Adventures
In my youth (for me, that is from birth to age 55), I used to assume everyone was just like me. Since the only experience I had ever had as a person was as me, how was I supposed to think otherwise? This, of course, caused issues in my life. I think the fact that I...
by admin | Jan 18, 2021 | Life Lessons
I am hardly the first to recognize that these are interesting times. Especially for people born after 1969. For Xers, Z’s and Millennials, everything seems to be falling apart, civilization crumbling all around us as we deal with the issues of racism, white...
by admin | Jan 9, 2021 | Defies Description, Life Lessons
That’s a question I often ask myself, now that the calendar has changed over from a virtual hell to one of promise and hope. I was going to originally add peace but we all know how the previous week has played out. My last RobZerrvation was just shy of one year...
by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Life Lessons
We are losing our sense of humor. And that is an extremely dangerous thing for our civilization. Our new found P.C. attitude where everything ends in “-ist” and “#metoo” is creating closed off worlds where we no longer have to think about our...
by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Life Lessons
I was watching a great show about the space program the other day. It was a bit surprising since I can rarely find a show I haven’t seen at least once. Even the crappiest documentary or movie will get my attention. In this case, the documentary was In the Shadow...
by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Life Lessons
It’s done. The elections are over (except in Florida). We survived another test of our democracy and it’s a new day. Some people are jumping for joy. Others are angry. Now we move forward/backward as a country. That / is where I live. Call it what you...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Life Lessons
I came across a great quote the other day. It was by Heraclitus of Ephesus, an early Greek philosopher. He said: “You can’t step into the same river twice.” This took a while to sink in. And then I realized its profound meaning, that is so simple,...
by admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Life Lessons
A couple posts went looping around last week on Facebook asking others to share a story about someone famous they had met. There was plenty of namedropping, of course, some names more well known than others. I didn’t post a reply, largely because I’m not...
by admin | May 28, 2018 | Life Lessons
One of my favorite songs to perform is A Pirate Looks at 40. It’s about a guy in Key West who never really found his calling in his lifetime. Eventually, his biggest wish came true, for when he died he was cremated and was kept on top of the cash register at his...
