Last week, I dropped my truck off for my mechanic to fix. The check engine light was on and the engine was running rough. The next day, he called. He needed to run an errand and offered to bring my truck to me if I could drop take him back. As he was getting out […]
Shining the Light Elsewhere
To the girl who decided to use my daughter as a punching bag today, As I watched my daughter cry, trying to make sense of your unwarranted bullying, my heart broke…for you. You see, my daughter came home to a family who loves her and accepts her exactly as she is. She doesn’t have to […]
“Research” Intimidation? An Exercise in Word Selection
When you hear someone talking about research, what do you think about? Does it bring to mind a laboratory with test tubes, beakers, Bunsen burners, and chemicals? How about an academic, spending years reading books tucked away in the library stacks? Or maybe a university professor, running experiments, writing papers, reporting results, and developing theories? […]
Reinvention in Progress!
Thanks for stopping by! I am in the processing of migrating my old, Google Sites based website to WordPress. Until last night, I didn’t realize how much content there was to move…so I’ll be doing this over the next few weeks. It is my sincere hope that this platform makes it easier for us to […]
Educating or Inspiring?
I failed. I reacted, or rather, I responded. But I was far from proactive. As a leader, my job is to cast a vision. This vision must be compelling. It must be exciting. It must paint such a wonderful picture, that any notion of maintaining the status quo would be crazy. The future is the […]
On Laziness
I have a general disdain for laziness. Unfortunately, that’s a rather general statement borne of mental…well…laziness. I suppose I could have picked a better word. On the other hand, this article isn’t exactly compulsory. Remember when you were a kid and would walk all over the house looking for your mom to ask her to […]
Remembering Today’s Irony
One of my older posts, Today’s Irony, deserves a follow-up. In that post, I discussed a charity (well-ranked on Charity Navigator) that seems to be using urgent appeals to emotion to get donations instead of developing a solid donor base. What’s more, one of their phone center solicitors expressed her frustration with this tactic. So, […]
Revealing My Secret Identity
[This is my manifesto. My exposure. These are the things that I think about and, as a result, things I write about. If any of this resounds with you, I hope you’ll come along with me for the ride.] By day, I am a super hero. I quickly shrink files with the click of my […]
The Pull
I hate The Pull. You know The Pull. The Pull is that weight tied to your ankle. It’s the fog that prevents you from thinking clearly. It’s that slow-motion feeling you have when running in your dream. The Pull adds drag. It slows you down. The Pull is the friction that works against your momentum. […]
Domains of Trust
“Yes, I trust you, but, no, you cannot operate on me.” “Are you sure? I am an excellent chef.” Trust has its limits. Sometimes obvious. Sometimes not. It would be absurd to allow your chef (if, in fact, that is their only training) to perform surgery on you. They might be able to do amazing […]
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