He made some tools
A few days ago, Twitter user @Bondcliff2008 posted this image to Twitter. I didn’t stop laughing for almost a full minute. Those who get it right off probably love it as well–and I love...
Category: Reflections
Essays or shorter pieces based on those moments that made me go, “Hmm.”
El Bee: The Littlest Big Dog
This is the story of the lovable demonic dog that everyone has come to know as El Bee. Our story with him starts back in the late spring, early summer of 2017. Out For...
When Sears & Roebuck were the industry disrupters
With Sears now in decline and fading fast it is interesting to look back at how this mighty giant was once a major threat to established brick and mortar stores at its founding. Richard...
Trump’s Rise To Power Is Most Alarming To Me
The comparisons of Trump and his followers to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party are many. The similarities have become more indurate with each passing day. The rise in incidents of hate...
Thoughts On The Death Penalty
Today I am struggling. After a lifetime of being staunchly opposed to the death penalty I find myself re-examining decades-old beliefs and trying to stave off deep feelings of anger and bloodlust revenge. A...
Voter ID Laws Only Serve To Disenfranchise Minorities And The Poor
Now that the conventions are over and our candidates have been set loose upon the campaign trails we can focus on other matters. In this post, voter ID laws. My belief has always been,...
“The Cinema Craze” as seen in the UK circa 1917
The New Age was a weekly British magazine that covered modernist topics in the arts and society, most active in the years 1907-1922. It featured several notable contributors during that time, among them George...
In which my pugs teach me about mindfulness
Sebastien Pug with his duck careen across the room, plopping down on the oversized circular dog bed at the far end. “He’s out of control!”, Sonya would say. Sebastien is 4 years old and...
Kite Flying Sundays Afternoons
Kite Flying Sundays Afternoons The cluttered community bulletin board; Every café and coffee shop with any self respect has one. Push-pin strung business cards abound covering the range of services from Astral Projections to...
A flash of light, perhaps a puff of smoke… but teleportation shall remain nothing but a dream
Every year the University of Leicester publishes a Journal of Physics Special Topics in which fourth year physics students are encouraged to publish papers on physics and tangential subjects of interest to them. It’s...
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