Today is the last day of the year 2020 (Thursday, December 31, 2020).
This has been a year that has turned out to be one that we couldn't have imagined experiencing before it happened.
On a down note, we have experienced in the USA alone well over 300,000 deaths caused by COVID-19, while, on an upnote, we have gotten slowed down enough to take a look at ourselves giving us the opportunity to make changes that will make us better -- even so, what we decide to do next is up to us.
We have been changed so that there is no going back to our old "normal."
What next!?!
Anyway, please open up and look at the story below where you will find a treasure trove about the notorious Nazi, Adolf Hitler.
We've all heard of him, but do we know very much about him?
This embedded status report might not leave you knowing everything, but it will still leave you knowing more...
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Adolf H. Complicated Man
Sunday, December 27, 2020
A Tribute To Richard G. Kolczynski...February 7, 1947 - February 9, 2017
Here is a link to the song that was originally posted with this tribute but the original video is now no longer available due to the account being closed...
https://youtu.be/CxiH46q4_ak
The following link will take you to where you can find his obituary and guestbook all in one place. There is one misspelling of his middle name, so I want to give you the correct spelling: Gerald
https://tinyurl.com/yaoc5hh3
Please share this with others as Richard deserves to be remembered and for more people to know about him.
I'll be adding more to this in time...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Here's A Shout-Out For The Law Firm Of Jones, McGlasson, & Arter, P.C. Who Took Wonderful Care Of Uncle Kermit's Affairs
I can't say enough wonderful things about Uncle Kermit.
Even though -- due to circumstances beyond our control -- we hadn't seen each other for several years, we still kept in touch by mail. He could write some of the most interesting letters.
Anyway, I've shared quite a few memories of him over the years.
I always called him Uncle Kermit or UK for short -- and called him Kermie-Wormie sometimes, too.
His full name was Evan Kermit Jobe during his almost 93 years spent here after popping out of Grandma's birth canal on December 9, 1926.
For starters, I want to give you a thumbnail sketch of Uncle Kermit so that people who might remember him can find out more about him. This sketch will be mostly about his education and teaching positions so that people who would be interested in those (e.g. students, co-workers) might be able to find him.
But Uncle Kermit is far more than his teaching. I can / have / and will -- write volumes about him just because he lived such an awesome, fun, and caring life.
He wanted to leave the world a better place than he found it.
His field of study was Philosophy Of Science,
Some people called him Evan. Others called him Kermit. His co-workers during the time when he was working at Kessler AFB usually called him Jobe.
I know of at least one person named Marguerite who usually called him Cupcake when she wrote him letters.
Professionally, he was Dr. Jobe after earning his PhD at the age of 46 (a latecomer due to working on his degree as he had the time to do so between everything else that he was doing), but he was one who would rather have his students call him Evan than the more formal Dr. Jobe.
After he received his PhD, he taught at temporary positions (and got invited to stay on after each one, but he was looking for something in a climate where he could get out every day of the year).
From 1973-1974, he was at Iowa State University in Ames.
From 1974-1975 he was at University Of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
He decided to take some time off after that and lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a year. He sent out applications in hopes of finding a good fit for him when it came to a place to get tenured.
He spent time walking around the area and enjoyed visiting with Mike The Tiger (a real tiger who was the school's mascot) who lived on the Louisiana State University campus.
He ended up finding the perfect fit: Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
This was where he stayed until time for him to retire -- at which time he moved to Bloomington, Indiana, a place he referred to as "The Center Of The Universe."
He had gotten his Bachelor's Degree and his PhD at Indiana University and his Master's at the University Of Florida in Gainesville.
After that, he taught for a year at the University of Tampa.
Finally, he taught at the University of Kentucky in Lexington beginning in 1966 and spent summers back in Indiana working on his PhD. In 1969, he moved back to Indiana to begin working on his PhD full time.
Here is another part of my precious uncle.
Below, find the shout-out to the law firm and more about Uncle Kermit...