Rebuilding Rob

  • Cleanin’ Out My Closet

    Cleanin’ Out My Closet

    I recently got bit by the proverbial spring cleaning bug myself. in more ways than one.

  • The hard questions on Ukraine

    The hard questions on Ukraine

    I think it’s okay to take our proverbial heads out of the sand and start asking the hard questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • I hate bullies

    I hate bullies

    bullies cannot be reasoned with. You cannot justify their actions. You cannot rationalize with behavior. There is no point in trying to earn a bullies respect, because they are not capable of respecting other human beings.

  • Rob reviews…Shoeless Joe

    Rob reviews…Shoeless Joe

    Is Shoeless Joe a better story than a Field of Dreams? I don’t know that it is. Furthermore, I don’t know if I can give an unbiased assessment of the two. I’ve been watching Field of dreams for the last 30 years and I’ve only read the novel once.

  • Wither snow days?

    Wither snow days?

    As I may or may not have explained before, I am a school teacher in the real world. And like much of the United States, I am facing the biggest snowstorm of this season Wednesday and Thursday. As a kid, excessive amounts of snow, or bitter cold temperatures, would often…

  • 50 is the new 40 is the new 30…

    50 is the new 40 is the new 30…

    To say I found it shocking that the cast of Sex and the City and The Golden Girls are supposed to be the same age would be a colossal understatement.

  • Rob reviews…Eternals

    Rob reviews…Eternals

    Eternals does a great job of introducing roughly a dozen new characters in a relatively short amount of time. The movie is able to introduce the characters, their dynamic with the Celestials, their conflict with the Deviants all at the same time.

  • Covid fatigue

    Covid fatigue

    We’re all scared of Covid. And I think we all know that working class Americans aren’t paid enough money for what we do. But I can’t continue to sustain this level of paranoia and fear we’ve had for 22 months and counting. It’s just too much on the human psyche.

  • After the bomb

    After the bomb

    When you put yourself back “out there“ trying to meet somebody again after a divorce, sometimes the dating scene is a lot like a post apocalyptic wasteland.

  • Call me Mr. Robinson

    Call me Mr. Robinson

    I have been talking to someone is 14 years younger than me. She is 33.