Most of this holiday will be spent enjoying a beautiful spring day with my family. However, I am taking a moment or two or three remembering those who died or were injured in war. I am lucky. I did not have to go to war. The draft lottery was still on but I had a [...]
Archive for May, 2007
OK. This needs some explanation, a willingness to follow some circumstantial evidence and a leap of faith. It all started on May 12. Based on frustrations at work I had penned I was a Living Dilbert Cartoon. The post immediately prior was Head Exploding. Three days later Frank at KnowHR referenced my Dilbert post in his We Put The “Cult” In Culture. [...]
Fifty plus fifty does not always equal 100. Not when you are contemplating the lives of Lorin and Lesley. These identical twins recently celebrated 50 years each of livening up the planet. That is priceless. These two are as close as sisters can be. The love they share make many of the rest of us [...]
I am referring to actual brutes as opposed to human gluttons. Apparently, given the high price of corn, pigs and cattle are being fed all sorts of fattening foods. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, these animals are beeing fed trail mix, cookies, licorice, CHEESE CURLS, french fries and peanut butter cups. Sometimes this mixture is mixed with chocolate [...]
Beauty they say is in the eye of the beholder. Some prefer brunettes over blondes, some prefer abstract paintings over classics, or the poetry of a great basketball team over a golf swing. You get the picture. The same holds true for blog posts. The topics and/or writing style that pleases the senses of one may be [...]
I have this dream, fueled by memories from not so long ago, that I am biking on a sunny day with the temps in the low 70s. I am more than half way through my planned 50 mile ride when due to an adrenaline rush caused by the beautiful weather and legs that still feel strong, I turn from my typical [...]
Mother’s Day can be, how to best say it, an interesting day. My wife has had high expectations that her loving son and husband will demonstrate their love on this day. The expectations early in our life together had been, how best to say it, challenging to meet. For many years it was up to me to [...]
My friend S who suffered a head injury is recovering well. In fact I spoke to her today and she is back to work and sounding like her old (well she did just turn 40) self. There is such a fine line between disaster and a temporary inconvenience. I always wonder why it goes well [...]
One of the great side benefits of going to Austin was reconnecting with The Onion. The print version provides the front end of a free paper that also includes local culture and entertainment listings. I forgot how enjoyable well written, biting satire can be. The writers are outstanding. The hits are uproarious and the misses few. My [...]
Twice this week. First, I was told I had to write a proposal for a piece of work we could not win. This has been a 4 man day effort so far and will eat up more time next week. The sales guy agrees with my logic that we cannot win since in this one niche [...]
