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FINAL THOUGHTS
TIME TO DIE
I sinned against the man I loved who died.
I thought I'd have more time to sigh;
Delay the time when silence became the lie.
Time passed us by---an ally to our crime
That lives inside when all loves die
to make us cry and cry and cry.
Who knows why?
Love makes time for us to die.
I've failed at everything in life. What I learned is that it is possible to fail at everything and still find some happiness from time to time. I blame many failures on my own incompetence and bad choices. But also, people hate me.
It doesn't matter how much a person knows or how capable they are; unpopular people don't do well. People have pulled the rug out from under me many times; I never seem to be alert enough to anticipate what bad thing is coming next and how to avoid it. I've never been able to tell who my friends are, or who those folks are whose kindness is a mask they wear to disarm and humiliate me.
At age twelve, I found myself one weekend-day carefully sweeping out the...
Speedos
Sometimes a fully dressed article is too much, but a naked tweet isn't enough. I've come up with an alternative the Editorial Board calls, SPEEDOS.
Speedos are short pontifications. Like their namesake, the scanty swimsuit, they should be brief and colorful. And, like the Speedos worn on beaches, they can sometimes seem out of place and inappropriate.
If anyone has a "speedo" they feel like sharing, transcribe it in the Comment Box and, if it meets the high standards of the Pontificator, we will publish it. Newest speedos will be displayed first, so they are easy to find.
Check back from time to time for the latest shorts and briefs---posted here---on Speedos.
Billy Lee
Why Does Hi-IQ Intelligence Exist
Only in the Species Human?
May 6, 2019 EDITORS NOTE: A follower posed the question on Quora.com. Billy Lee -- enamored by love for his illegitimate son -- asked Billy Lee Junior to take a stab at the answer and place it on the SPEEDOS page -- over strenuous objections by...
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Welcome
Welcome! to The Billy Lee Pontificator,
or as the ancient Egyptians might have phrased it;
EE EE OOH EE ER ANEE EE (welcome to my writing tablet!)
I have no idea what I'm doing, but I hope my blog-site can be a place where family and friends will visit to pontificate freely about whatever is on our minds.
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Who is Billy Lee?
Billy Lee is a former machine design engineer, career Navy kid, anti-War activist, Francophile, amateur Egyptologist, math/physics hobbyist, and university grad.
He loves British-style Blues guitarists (like Joe Bonamassa & Jean-Pierre von Dach).
Whenever possible, he fights the good fight to not consume mass quantities of Kroger cherry pies or their chocolate chip cookies; Philadelphia cream cheese glop-spread on any crackers he can find; Little Caesar's $6 pizzas---slathered with Crazy Sauce; also, Crazy Richard's nutty peanut butter on brown bread soaked in Bonne Maman cherry preserves; and low-fat cottage cheese made crunchy with lightly-salted Lay's Potato Chips smashed in.
Married to Bevy Mae, Billy Lee is father to six adult children---three bio and three in-grafted---and grandpa to thirteen grandkids, including two born in Ethiopia.
Billy Lee is a Christian who loves Joe, Hillary, and Brittney.
Billy Lee is a lifelong pontificator who believes that civilizatio...
I was trying to find things from my childhood. Hoskins Park in the late 50s was a favorite memory. Dad was in the Navy and we lived in Hoskins Park. !958-1959. Great place for a kid to play. Loved the woods, rock fence by the school, and all the kids. Great place to be when I was a kid. Glad I got to experience it. I saw your article.
Was 4th and 5th grade in 58/59. My dad was Navy too. Any chance we were in same class?
on RACISM
I am Billie, daughter of LCDR Wesley A. Brown, CEC, USN, (deceased) first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1949. I just came across your deeply moving and poignant piece about our time together while living in Rhode Island. The lifelong imprint of your experiences with my family was so eloquently told. Thank you for sharing. Would be happy to catch you up in some highlights over the past 60+ years since if you would like to do an update.
It’s wonderful to hear from you, Billie. You can reply with contact details (which I won’t publish) through message board. I’ll see your reply; no one else will. I hope to talk to you by phone, snail mail, or e-mail — your choice.
Hi Billy Lee
I saw a post of yours on Quora “At what point will the world be free from pandemic?” I hope you’re wrong with the prognosis, but I agree that the world needs to get more serious about Covid-19. Your site is very interesting (albeit the design is . . . unusual). Great to read the Frank Schaeffer quote, if only there were more intellects like his in the world. I think you have some cool views on how this world could work. Cheers
Billy, I think that your reasoning and determination of 1311 BC for the Exodus makes complete sense.
Just to say hello and good on you.
Hi Billy,
You might find this discovery of geologically dense entangled heavy electrons interesting especially if low energy nuclear and ultra dense hydrogen piques your interest. Imagine a BULK produced catalyst capable of changing hydrogen’s density, stability , and of course energy production.
ICCF21 The New Meson Alpha.
Kind Regards
Good post on Quora, proving water will never cover the entire world. But we already knew that because Kevin Costner found Mt. Everest on “Waterworld” right?
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