Monthly Archives: November 2017

Job search update, 02/03/14; and other news

November 30, 2017Clippings, Homelessness, Job search/Job prospects, Local newsAffordable housing, Housing First, On air talent, Radio talk show, Talk radio, Talk show host, The Homeless Blogger, VandalismWilliam Tell

(Reblogged from the above original date. This post is three years old. Except for my personal situation, the issues haven’t changed.)

Bookmarks:
Job search update
Crisis for D.C. homeless families

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Job search update

(Composed 2014-02-01)

Things are moving full steam ahead on my application for a Secretary II position with the City, as I’ve probably described in previous posts. The hours are 8:30-4:30, which under normal circumstances will let me get to the shelter in time to (1) actually get in and (2) take a shower each day. I will need to phone the office Monday morning 02/03/14 to confirm that all’s in line, and possibly find out a start date.
Continue reading Job search update, 02/03/14; and other news →

Them white trash off the hook, yo.

November 27, 2017Clippings, National newsAme Deal, Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Crime, Gabriel Fernandez, Lizette Cuesta, Mark Mesiti, Poor whites, Race, Racism, White peopleWilliam Tell

5 Teenagers in Michigan Charged With Murder

Man tortured girlfriend’s son to death because he thought he was gay: prosecutor

[Couldn’t find any stills. Trust me, he’s white.]

Images released of teen who sucker punched man, breaking his jaw

Parents charged in death of infant found rotting in swing

Man found guilty in death of girl locked in box

Related: Wikipedia: Ame Deal
Related: Arizona woman becomes 55th sent to death row in US
Later news: Death sentence upheld in death of Arizona girl locked in box | AP News
Related: Tag: Names

Manhunt under way for parents accused of torturing, killing daughter

Mother of Livermore murder suspect says girlfriend talked about it days prior

Monster

Father pleads guilty to avoid death row after rape, murder of teen daughter

“Mesiti had hundreds of thousands of images involving child pornography. Hundreds of those images showed Mesiti’s daughter being sexually assaulted while she was obviously unconscious. Videos also showed the defendant setting up a hidden camera in the bedroom of an 8-year-old girl who lived in the apartment with him and his girlfriend in Los Angeles County at the time. Other videos and images showed a 16-year-old female Mesiti had befriended being sexually assaulted.”

Question

Are the white people who go to jail different from those who don’t? Are the black people who go to jail different from those who don’t?

Senior moment

November 25, 2017OUR BEST POSTS, The Way of Peace, The William Tell ShowElder, Elderly, Elders, Emotional maturity, Maturity, Respect for elders, WisdomWilliam Tell

Late in the day Tuesday, it came to me that the older I get, and presumably the more mature and the wiser I get, the more likely people I meet are to do and say things that strike me as immature or foolish.

Points:

(1) The elder has a duty to offer her or his wisdom as needed.

(2) I must keep in mind: that person is the me I once was. I used to act that way. I used to think that way.

How emotionally intelligent are you? Here’s how to tell.

November 23, 2017Bible, Get on your feet, The Way of PeaceEmotional intelligence, Empathy, EQ, God's plan, God's will, How I became homeless, Jesus, Paul, Personal growth, Prayer, Serotonin, Talk radioWilliam Tell

(Originally posted 02/01/14.)

How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here’s How To Tell

If you’re in a boat out on the water, and a storm comes up, and the boat’s rocking and at risk of tipping over; it’s critical to turn the boat to face into the wind. This won’t stop the wind, but will keep it from rocking the boat.

Emotional intelligence is like that. It won’t make life’s storms go away, but can help keep them from rocking your boat.

In my view, emotional intelligence is the same as emotional maturity or psychological or spiritual maturity. This is what spiritual growth is all about.
Continue reading How emotionally intelligent are you? Here’s how to tell. →

Aw, Tomi!

November 20, 2017National media, National newsBlondes, Cleavage, Fox news, Harvey Weinstein, Sexual harassment, Tomi LahrenWilliam Tell

Tomi Lahren on the Weinstein Scandal: Hollywood Liberals Are Anti-Trump, Not Pro-Woman

What, no cleavage?! You SO let me down! What do you think I watch Fox News for?

A post treating confirmation bias

November 17, 2017UncategorizedConfirmation biasWilliam Tell

I just now became aware that this post addresses this concept:

Rationalism cannot save us.

Issues with upcoming posts

November 16, 2017Get on your feet, Homelessness, OUR BEST POSTS, Poverty, Squalor, The Way of Peace, The William Tell ShowOn air talent, Self care, Stewardship, Talk radio, Talk show host, The Homeless Blogger, Wealth creationWilliam Tell

(Originally posted 01/29/14.)

In the process of “recycling” old posts on Wednesdays(*), I am now coming upon a number of posts with which I’m not completely comfortable. I probably would not write them, now or in the future, the way I did at the time; but I’m also still not sure exactly how I’d write them differently.

At the time I wrote those posts, I supposed my homelessness would be brief, and William Tell would soon enough become a public figure able to speak to what he saw as the pressing social issues. My homelessness continues eighteen months later, and my perceptions of those issues have changed.
Continue reading Issues with upcoming posts →

Names 11/13/17

November 13, 2017Clippings, Local news, Media, National newsChild abuse, Child sexual abuse, Crime, Joshua Gurto, Lamora Williams, Names, Radee Labeeb PrinceWilliam Tell

Related: Choose your name
Related: Names in the news

Ja’Karter Penn and Ke-Yaunte Penn

Atlanta mom charged with murder after allegedly putting 2 young sons in oven

Radee Labeeb Prince

Maryland shooting suspect arrested after killing 3 at his job

Judge denied ex-employer’s request for protection from Edgewood, Md., shooting suspect

How did he get that name?

Follow-up, 2021-03-30:

Edgewood mass shooting suspect receives multiple life sentences (wbaltv.com)

Taizjuan Eliza Waddell

Baltimore teens charged for allegedly attacking elderly man, driving over him with his own car

Sereniti Jazzlynn-Sky Blankenship-Sutley

Ohio man accused in rape, murder of girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter captured in Pennsylvania

If you don’t want the child
enough to get married,
you don’t want the child
enough.

Shopping list

November 9, 2017Get on your feet, Homelessness, Job search/Job prospects, The William Tell ShowWilliam Tell

(Originally posted 01/27/14.)

When I get my own place, there’s no need to move in all at once. I can do it in stages; the shelter’s still available. And this will make less for me to have to carry at any one time.

So, here’s my daydream of the sequence of different things I can buy on different occasions. Lucky for me, I can probably buy all these items at Family Dollar. I don’t plan to be extravagant, but with the income I’ll have, relative my needs, there’s no need to be cheap, either.
Continue reading Shopping list →

Exceptional horoscopes 11/07/17

November 7, 2017UncategorizedAstrologyWilliam Tell

It’s been some time since I’ve been in a position to pay any attention to horoscopes.

By accident, Sunday 11/05/17 I came across my horoscope for Friday 11/03/17:

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get priorities in order. A philosophical shift might be required to implement a positive change. You can now understand that improving the quality of your life is as important a goal as increasing your income and status.

This was right on, as will be evidenced by the forthcoming post, “Sales pitch.” (The link won’t work until the post appears, and right now I don’t know when that will be.) An affirmation: when my horoscope is accurate, it normally means that, at the moment, I’m on the right track in life.

Related: Exceptional horoscopes