The Ramblings of DRN

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• JohnGalt

  2019-04-06 16:49:58
  

  I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

  -- Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged

  After the big bank bailout a few years back, I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. At the time, I struggled to understand the balance between charity and individualism. As I read the story, I saw the greed, the selfishness, and the laziness of the general populace and the government in particular. I cheered as Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden thumbed their noses at the man and fought to maintain their pride and ethics in the face of a society that only valued them for the product of their work. The black and white between looters and producers had no gray; however, life is nothing but gray, with very little that is truly black and white. It is not an easy balance, but I think I found it, at least for me.

• Places

  2006-04-02 20:59:59
  

  I have been thinking a lot over the last few months about the directions life loves to take. I would have never imagined a few years ago that I would be where I happen to be now. How did this happen? Why did this happen? These are all questions for philosophy and religion, which is why I like to think about them. So what are some of these surprises in my life?

• Valedictorian

  2006-03-18 18:46:04
  

  This is the speech I gave as valedictorian of Tuba City High School's class of 1996.

• SciFiWestern

  2006-03-18 18:33:31
  

  I have no idea what this was written for. It was done in my second year of college, going by the date tag on it, but I am not even sure how accurate that is. Either way, it is a fun little short story. Enjoy!

• NYC

  2006-01-29 00:00:00
  

  I remember when I was getting ready to move to New York, everyone told me how mean people would be. Finding a smile would be impossible. My favorite warning was to be ready to be mugged at least once a week. Well, I have found that sentiment is wrong. Or is it?