The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

I have no personal objection to tattoos and/or piercings. Aversion, repulsion, resistance, but no objection. However, I am troubled by the ones that are so outlandish, so extensive, so numerous, so intentionally designed to be uncover-able that they succeed in…

From a story in Providence Journal 5/2/2013 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island chapter of the National Organization for Marriage has denounced the General Assembly’s passage of legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island. “Redefining marriage into a…

Here are some helpful hints for making air travel during those delays, misconnections, boarding problems, conflicting messages, etc. that plague modern air travel, less stressful. First and foremost, demanding, insulting, condescending language questioning the legitimacy of my, or my fellow…

Airline oversells Every airline in the world routinely oversells their flights. For those of you that have never heard of the concept, airlines sell 140 seats for a plane that holds 137. Why you may ask? Because people often don’t…

Whenever we encounter a reminder triggering a memory of an event in our past, and realize the amount of time that seems to have just evaporated since then, we often ask the question, Where did the time go? I experienced…

It is with profound sorrow that I write about another senseless termination of an unborn life. The wanton and needless destruction of this life potential makes me question the very nature of life in this universe. Why does this happen?…

Suddenly, three alert tones on the radio, “201, 202, 2S1” “Report of shots fired, Kent Farm, Gemini Drive, Black male armed with a rifle, multiple victims, respond Code 3″ “2Lincoln1” the voice of Lieutenant Charley Ackerly came over the radio.…

Our brains are wired to seek the why in everything. We are engineered by evolution to look for a cause and a reason. Absent one or the other, or both, we create them. It is one of the precursors of…

I did the unthinkable today. I (almost) lost the dogs. While they were procured by my wife and I, maintained by my wife and I, provided for by my wife and I, they belong to my daughter. I’ve written about…

Part II: Reality (an essay in three parts) The concept of Reality has troubled philosophers, scientists, and the insane since the beginning of time. What is real, actual? Can we ever be sure? Of course we can. If it is…