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About Ronald Allan Charles
As modestly Told by RAC

Name: Ronald Allan Charles, also known as The Most Assuredly Rt. Rev. Dr. Ronald Allan Charles, Himself; Sensei; Dr. Judo; Masterful Wise One; Mr. Walking-Death; Ronaldo Carlos; Mister Sunshine; Himself; and other titles not suitable for printing. Having all first names allows me to be on a first-name basis with Myself.

Marital Status: Single, never married; no human offspring; currently shacking-up.

Current Employment: None. I teach judo and jujitsu free of charge at a The Oaks Country Club in beautiful, romantic Goose Creek, South Carolina and at clubs and camps throughout the country and overseas.

Ideal Employment: Devoting full time to leisure, i.e., not working. Like death, ideal employment does not require getting up in the morning.

Other Organizations I Belong To: United States Judo Association.

I Joined Mensa Because: USC’s Psychology Department tested me with the Wechsler for free. I explained that I needed to know if I had the brains to reach my potential. As I was attending grad school full time with G.I. Bill assistance, Mensa waived dues for my first year. That was one of Mensa’s better investments!

Favorite Quotation: Use it up, wear it out, eat it all!

Favorite Books: Mushashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, Firefox Down and Winter Hawk, both by Craig Thomas, and Last of the Breed by Louis L’amour.

Favorite Movies: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Groundhog Day, Death Wish, Die Hard, Terminator and Terminator II, and Predator.

My Best Advice: Live beneath your means, invest the difference, and then beat the system by quitting work early. I followed my father’s advice given to me at the dinner table: “Anything that eats is a bad investment!”


Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done: Despite my reputation for being a caring, sharing deeply-sensitive sort of chap known for my selflessness, generosity, and religious principles, I don’t do crazy things and never have. I prefer logically thought-out, calculated responses to situations rather than emotional ones and consequently miss out on many pleasures experienced by impulse-based inhabitants of this planet.