Category: October 2010

  • THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGLO SAXONS (circa 2010)

    As it has turned out with my having been born in the United States, my native tongue is the English language.  A good many years back, this language came from Saxon roots.  When it went to England, it became the Anglo-Saxon language.  Now of course it is simply the English language. My comment here today…

  • JUST LIKE ME

    Article VI of the United States Constitution provides that there shall be no religious test required of anyone aspiring to work for the United States government.  This applies to any office from local dog catcher to the presidency.  For example, in 1942, I sought a position as a private in the United States Army.  There…

  • LADIES’ CHATTERINGS

    This essay purports to comment on the conduct of females in restaurants which has come to be disturbing in some cases.  Before I am accused of bias against females, I would cite at least two points in my defense.  Those of you who have read Ezra’s Essays over the years know that I am a…

  • I’M STILL GORGEOUS INSIDE

    If you are a close follower of the essays that come from this desk, you may recall an essay done last spring.  It was called “I’m Gorgeous Inside.”  It had to do with a for-sale sign on the house immediately adjacent to this one which had an appendage to the for-sale sign which said, “I’m…

  • HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume III

    Volume III When I set out to write this essay, I thought my recollections could be contained in an essay of maybe six or eight pages.  But as it has turned out, my recollections have now reached a total of three volumes.  I believe that I have spent as much time as I wish to…

  • HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! VOLUME II

    VOLUME II This is the second volume of “They Said That?”  This essay will lean heavily on my experience in the labor relations field and on my work as an attendant in the filling station business.  In the labor relations field, there are some rich quotations.   There was a division accounting manager for AT&T…

  • HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume I

     Volume I   I regret to say that in my case I went through the age of puberty a good many years ago.  Living a long life has its pluses and minuses.  On the plus side, there are many recollections that remain in my mind and which, taking one thing with another, constitute pleasant memories. …

  • CERUMEN

    This essay should properly be called, because of its shortness, an essayette.  Cerumen is a reasonably important health problem and I would not want the shortness of this essay to detract from its importance. If the truth were known, it would disclose that the proprietor of Ezra’s Essays is now prepared to throw its readers…