Big Fat Lying Liars

Have you ever encountered one of those people who don’t seem to have any ability to tell the truth?  I don’t mean harmless instances where they stretch reality a bit,  but big, whopping, patently false lies that call their entire character into question?  If so, I’d love to get some suggestions on how to deal [...]

An Army at Dawn

From time to time, my history comes back on me.  I’ll be diddy-bopping along with my boring life, analyzing operations for an international insurance conglomerate and crunching through crime thriller novels for my reading enjoyment, when I’ll get the urge to return to my roots, so to speak.

Parenting Surprises

Last night, while flipping through the on screen TV guide, I noticed that Apollo 13 was on, in HD.  “Hey”, I thought to myself, “Sam would really like this movie”, Sam being my 12-year old son. 
What’s not to like about Apollo 13 if you’re a parent?  It teaches some history about the space program, while telling an [...]

The Nice Test

There are certain things that occur in life that send very clear signals about people.  They’re not predetermined tests, but rather simple daily actions that tell you a lot about a person’s character.

Creepy People

Maybe it’s nothing more than the memory of an image from a mediocre made-for-TV movie about serial killer John Wayne Gacy, but I’ve been firmly convinced for quite some time now that clowns are creepy.  Not just the sickos like Gacy, or the fictional villains like Pennywise from Stephen King’s It, but all clowns.  Real [...]

A Brief Royals Interlude

Normally I wouldn’t make any mention of a relatively minor issue with a pretty bad baseball team, but I saw a comment from the new manager of the Kansas City Royals in today’s paper, and I think it serves as a lesson in how we shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
The comment from Trey Hillman was that [...]

“Telecommuting”

One of the perks of my job is that I have a lot of freedom.  Freedom to speak my mind (for the most part), freedom to choose the projects I work on, and freedom to set my own hours. 
This generally works out great for me and all of my colleagues.  We’re professionals, and we know how [...]

The First Bucket of Spring

Okay, so it’s not exactly Spring yet.  Net even all that close really.  But that doesn’t matter, because today is the day I hit my first bucket of golf balls of the new year.  It was a balmy 41 degrees when I did so, and despite the fact that I was wearing shorts, it didn’t bother [...]

Fun With Descriptive Words

Today, without referring to the University of Michigan, I got to use the word “wolverine” in a sentence.  That’s always fun.  Not wolverine itself, although it’s absolutely a fun word to bandy about, but the act of using a precisely accurate word to describe something.

Numbers vs. Memories

Without getting too far in depth on this debate again, I did want to pass along a link to an article on the subject of the baseball Hall of Fame.  Ken Arneson at The Baseball Toaster has written a very good piece on the nature of the Hall of Fame debate between those who mostly [...]